Table 4.

Association of picky eating and feeding difficulty behaviours with feelings of stress and with a negative impact on family relationships

	I feel stressed and frustrated when feeding my child (selected ‘strongly agree’)		My family relationships are affected because of the stress of feeding my child (selected ‘strongly agree’)
Behaviour (occurring ‘all the time’ compared with ‘never’, ‘rarely’ and ‘sometimes’))	pValue (95% confidence interval)	Percent increase	pValue (95% confidence interval)	Percent increase
Picky eating behaviours
Complain about what is served	0.001	24.2	0.000003	20.2
	(0.0664–0.4176)		(0.0491–0.3539)
Refuse food especially vegetables/fruits	0.001	18.1	0.0001	12.9
	(0.0576–0.3046)		(0.0331–0.2256)
Refuse food like meats	0.0004	18.3	0.003	11.9
	(0.0339–0.3314)		(0.0037–0.2333)
Push, hide or throw food during mealtime	0.021	28.2	0.051	3.8
	(0.0015–0.5635)		(−0.1200–0.1955)
Eats the same food for all the meals	0. 052	12.0	0.225	4.8
	(0. 0029–0.0237)		(−0.0285–0.1240)
Accept only a few types of food	0.009	16.3	0.0332021	8.6
	(0.0318–0.2938)		(−0.0077–0.1799)
Not like to try new food	0.059	11.6	0.021	8.6
	(−0.0089–0.2417)		(−0.0077–0.1799)
Eat slowly or hold food in the mouth	0.0003	19.6	0.071	6.6
	(0.0721– -0.3194)		(−0.0147–0.1471)
Eat sweets and fatty foods instead of healthy foods	0.009	15.6	0.00002	13.8
	(0. 0317–0.2802)		(0.0374–0.2392)
Eat snacks instead of meals	0.0004	21.5	0.00003	14.7
	(0.0728–0.3563)		(0.0343–0.2605)
Throw tantrums at mealtimes	0.000000001	46.8	0.0000001	17.2
	(0.2686–0.6683)		(0.0082–0.3353)
Prefer drinks to food	0.005	15.6	0.0001	11.7
	(0.0317–0.2802)		(0.0205–0.2135)
Feeding difficulty behaviours
Not like the texture of certain foods	0.00002	32.3	0.0003	14.8
	(0.1331–0.5137)		(0.0006–0.2961)
Fear certain foods due to a bad experience previously	0.001	31.6	0.00008	18.4
	(0.0840–0.5479)		(−0.0094– -0.3767)
Eat very little	0.038	12.6	0.006	9.0
	(−0.0153–0.2673)		(−0.0166–0.1969)