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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Sep 5.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Obes (Lond). 2005 Aug;29(8):942–949. doi: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802935

Table 3.

Associations between daughters' BMI z-score at age 5 y and maternal restriction at age 5 y and daughters' EAH over time for overweighta (N = 91) and normal-weight (N = 80) mothers

Daughters' BMI z-score (age 5 y)
Overweight Normal weight
Maternal restriction 0.09 0.28*
Daughters' EAHb 0.25* 0.10
a

Overweight defined as BMI≥25 Kg/m2.

b

Average scores were created for EAH across daughters' ages 5, 7, and 9 y. EAH: eating in the absence of hunger.

*

P<0.05.