Table 1.

Descriptive information on the demographic, anthropometric, and psychosocial measures of mothers completing the Feeding Demands Questionnaire^a

Variable
	← mean±standard deviation →
Body mass indexb	28.37±9.85
Fear of fat	18.20±6.16
Depression level	11.73±9.01
Age (y)	35.55±6.93
	←% →
Educational attainment (%):
<High school	4.7
High school	37.6
College	37.6
Graduate	20
Ethnicity (%)
White	46
Non-white	54

^aValid scores were obtained on all 85 mothers except for the following variables, due to missing data: body mass index (n = 78), ethnicity (n = 84), fear of fat (n = 83), and depression (n = 80). Ethnicity breakdown for the 54% who were non-white subsample was: 23% non-Hispanic black, 19% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 1% Native American, and 8% not specified.

^bCalculated as kg/m².