Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of parents in obesity treatments groups
|
Groups |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | Increase healthy food | Decrease high energy density | P |
| Age (years) | 42.9 ± 7.1 | 41.9 ± 4.8 | 0.58 |
| Gender (F/M) | 16/5 | 16/4 | 0.77 |
| Height (inch) | 65.1 ± 2.8 | 65.7 ± 3.5 | 0.53 |
| Weight (lb) | 194.0 ± 45.6 | 204.0 ± 59.1 | 0.51 |
| Percent overweight | 46.0 ± 33.0 | 50.4 ± 33.7 | 0.68 |
| zBMI | 1.5 ± 0.6 | 1.6 ± 0.8 | 0.67 |
| Fruit/vegetable intake servings/day | 3.9 ± 2.2 | 4.1 ± 1.8 | 0.80 |
| RED food intake | 5.7 ± 1.9 | 5.0 ± 3.0 | 0.34 |
| Low-fat dairy intake | 0.4 ± 0.4 | 0.5 ± 0.4 | 0.68 |
| Minutes of physical activity >2 METs/3 days | 1249.1 ± 381.1 | 1485.2 ± 531.8 | 0.11 |
| Minutes of MVPA (>3 METs)/3 days | 201.3 ± 223.9 | 239.3 ± 359.7 | 0.69 |
| Socioeconomic status | 48.2 ± 8.7 | 47.0 ± 11.4 | 0.69 |
| CFQ | |||
| Parental restriction | 3.7 ± 0.5 | 3.7 ± 0.5 | 0.75 |
| Concern over child weight | 4.4 ± 0.5 | 4.3 ± 0.8 | 0.59 |
| Monitoring | 3.7 ± 0.6 | 3.6 ± 0.9 | 0.46 |
| Pressure to eat | 1.7 ± 0.8 | 1.9 ± 0.8 | 0.44 |
| Responsibility | 4.2 ± 0.6 | 4.0 ± 0.9 | 0.47 |
| Concern over parent weight | 3.5 ± 0.4 | 3.5 ± 0.5 | 0.68 |
| CRPBI | |||
| CRPBI maternal acceptance | 59.8 ± 8.2 | 66.3 ± 2.8 | 0.006 |
| CRPBI maternal autonomous control | 26.6 ± 6.6 | 28.6 ± 5.0 | 0.35 |
| CRPBI maternal lax control | 24.1 ± 6.3 | 25.2 ± 4.8 | 0.58 |
| CRPBI paternal acceptance | 58.9 ± 10.3 | 64.9 ± 6.2 | 0.06 |
| CRPBI paternal autonomous control | 24.3 ± 6.0 | 28.6 ± 5.7 | 0.05 |
| CRPBI paternal lax control | 23.9 ± 7.9 | 27.7 ± 6.3 | 0.15 |
CFQ, Child feeding questionnaire; CRPBI, Child Report of Parental Behavior Inventory; METs, metabolic equivalents; MVPA, moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity; RED, high energy dense.