Table 4.

Correlations between weight status, physical activity and dietary intake for girls and parents when girls were 5-y-old

	Weight status				Physical activity						Dietary intake
Variable	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Weight status
1 Girls’ BMI
2 Family risk of overweight	0.19**
3 Moms’ BMI	0.14*	0.65**
4 Dads’ BMI	0.21**	0.49**	0.22**
Physical activity
5 Girls’ relative activity	0.02	−0.09	−0.01	−0.03
6 Girls’ tendency toward activitya	−0.11	−0.06	−0.12	0.01	−0.03
7 Moms’ frequency of activity	−0.01	0.00	−0.15*	−0.03	0.09	−0.16*
8 Moms’ enjoyment of activity	−0.10	−0.16*	−0.30**	−0.02	−0.02	−0.03	0.31**
9 Dads’ frequency of activity	−0.03	−0.15	0.08	−0.18**	−0.03	−0.06	0.18*	0.03
10 Dads’ enjoyment of activity	−0.08	−0.11	−0.08	−0.12	−0.02	0.12	0.07	−0.09	0.38**
Dietary intake
11 Girls’ energy intakeb	0.00	−0.11	−0.11	0.04	0.04	0.14	−0.08	0.09	0.03	0.05
12 Girls’ percentage fat intake	0.00	0.06	0.06	0.04	−0.04	0.06	−0.20**	−0.25**	0.04	−0.09	0.12
13 Moms’ energy intakeb	−0.02	−0.01	−0.04	−0.04	−0.01	0.11	0.03	0.24**	0.04	0.02	0.19**	−0.01
14 Moms’ percentage fat intake	0.15*	0.10	0.19**	0.06	0.02	−0.07	−0.20**	−0.21**	−0.18**	−0.09	0.00	0.22**	0.18**
15 Dads’ energy intakeb	0.03	−0.07	−0.03	−0.06	0.00	−0.07	0.00	−0.01	−0.13	−0.15*	0.16*	0.00	0.19**	0.14
16 Dads’ percentage fat intake	0.07	0.18*	0.08	0.20**	−0.04	−0.07	−0.11	−0.08	−0.26**	−0.16*	−0.04	0.12	−0.08	0.41**	0.02

^*Note: P < 0.05;

^**P < 0.01.

^aMeasured using the CPA.

^bEnergy intake controls for body weight.