Table 5.
Child diet composition from the toddler diet questionnaire
| Variable | Mothers with histories of eating disorders | Control mothers | Test statistic | P‐value | Effect size | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | ||||
| Breastfed >1 month | 24 | 96 | 24 | 96 | FET | P = 0.99 | 1.00 (0.24–4.11)* |
| Currently breastfeeding | 13 | 52 | 9 | 36 | FET | P = 0.39 | 1.38 (0.79–2.39)* |
| Age at solid food introduction: | FET | P = 0.19 | 0.54 (0.34–0.88)* | ||||
| 4–6 months | 20 | 80 | 24 | 96 | |||
| After 7 months | 5 | 20 | 1 | 4 | |||
| No sweets | 7 | 28 | 6 | 24 | FET | P = 0.99 | 1.11 (0.61–2.02)* |
| No juice | 16 | 64 | 14 | 56 | FET | P = 0.77 | 1.18 (0.66–2.14)* |
| Child eats what family eats: | FET | P = 0.11 | 0.43 † | ||||
| Most of the time | 12 | 48 | 17 | 68 | |||
| Sometimes | 5 | 20 | 6 | 24 | |||
| Rarely | 8 | 32 | 2 | 8 | |||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||||
| Duration of breastfeeding (if no longer breastfeeding; in mo.) | 11.92 | 5.69 | 12.87 | 5.72 | t(25) = −0.43 | P = 0.67 | (−5.50, 3.60) ‡ |
| No. meals per day | 3.00 | 0.58 | 3.28 | 0.61 | t(48) = −1.66 | P = 0.10 | (−0.62, 0.06) ‡ |
| No. snacks per day | 1.76 | 0.97 | 2.00 | 0.76 | t(48) = −0.97 | P = 0.34 | (−0.74, 0.26) ‡ |
| Protein consumed (times per day) | 2.73 | 0.93 | 2.42 | 0.65 | t(44) = 1.31 | P = 0.19 | (−0.17, 0.79) ‡ |
| Fruits and vegetables consumed (times per day) | 3.00 | 1.10 | 3.36 | 0.99 | t(47) = −1.20 | P = 0.24 | (−0.96, 0.24) ‡ |
FET, Fisher's exact test. *Relative risk (95% confidence interval). †Gamma‐value. ‡95% confidence interval for difference of means.