Table 2.

Pearson correlations between the child feeding practices and perceptions and the BMI z scores

	BMI z score at age 12		Change in BMI z score between age 9 to age 12
	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls
Perceived responsibility	-0.07	-0.22*	0.12	-0.01
Perceived parent weight category	0.27**	0.09	0.03	-0.11
Perceived child weight category	0.58**	0.64**	0.00	-0.07
Concern for child's weight	0.28**	0.38**	0.21*	0.08
Restriction	0.18	0.15	0.09	0.06
Pressure to eat	-0.21*	-0.05	0.05	0.03
Monitoring of food intake	-0.03	0.17	-0.01	0.00
Perceived body image	0.08	0.09	0.03	-0.07
Perceived BMI of parents	0.20	0.12	0.00	-0.10
Parents' perceived child's BMI	0.61**	0.74**	0.23*	0.13

* Correlation is significant at the .05 level (2-tailed).

** Correlation is significant at the .01 level (2-tailed).