Table 4.
Partial correlations between parental feeding practices scales and children’s BMI percentiles, controlling for parents’ acculturation, occupational status, and parents’ BMI
| Children’s BMI | |
|---|---|
|
Mothers’ feeding practices |
|
| Positive involvement in child eating |
-.18* |
| Pressure to eat |
-.32*** |
| Use of food to control behavior |
-.09 |
| Restriction of amount of food |
.34*** |
|
Fathers’ feeding practices |
|
| Positive involvement in child eating |
-.04 |
| Pressure to eat |
-.33*** |
| Use of food to control behavior |
-.19* |
| Restriction of amount of food | .35*** |
* p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001.