Table 3.

Characteristics of children in Experiment 2

Characteristic	SAME	SIMILAR	VARIETY	p
N	11	10	9
Gender
Males	6 (54.5%)	4 (40%)	5 (55.6%)	0.74
Females	5 (45.5%)	6 (60%)	4 (44.4%)
Race
Caucasian	8 (72.7%)	8 (80%)	7 (77.8%)	0.98
African American	2 (18.2%)	1 (10%)	1 (11.1%)
More than one race	1 (9.1%)	1 (10%)	1 (11.1%)
Parent’s Income*
Under $29,999	1 (10.1%)	0 (0%)	1 (11.1%)	0.69
$30,000–$49,999	3 (30.0%)	3 (33.3%)	1 (11.1%)
$50,000 or greater	6 (60.0%)	6 (66.7%)	7 (77.8%)
Age	10.2 ± 1.4	10.5 ± 1.5	10.3 ± 0.9	0.83
Child baseline zBMI	1.9 ± 0.4	1.9 ± 0.4	1.7 ± 0.6	0.59
Child percent overweight	44.9 ± 15.9	50.9 ± 24.2	43.9 ± 28.7	0.77
Baseline liking
Mac n cheese	4.7 ± 0.5	4.3 ± 0.8	4.3 ± 0.9	0.34
Healthy entrees	3.4 ± 0.8	3.1 ± 0.8	2.9 ± 1.0	0.42
Calories consumed in evening week 1
Dinner	686.1 ± 155.5	747.3 ± 226.9	539.0 ± 168.5	0.06
Evening snack	192.7 ± 99.2	186.7 ± 186.3	189.6 ± 157.0	1.00
Total	878.8 ± 201.5	934.0 ± 219.7	728.6 ± 269.7	0.15

^*Income reported for 28 participants