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. 2013 Feb;2(1):29–33. doi: 10.1089/g4h.2012.0057

Table 5.

Parent-Reported Selection of “Oreo” (Three Sentences) or Non-“Oreo” (Two Sentences) Feedback for Each of Four Ineffective Vegetable Parenting Practices by Demographic Characteristics

 
Sample IVPP selected by type of feedback preferred
 
If you don't taste the veggie, you can't go play (n=56)
You can't get up from the table until you taste the veggie (n=57)
No dessert until you eat your veggie (n=65)
Just eat it (n=56)
Demographic characteristic Non-“Oreo” feedback (2-S) “Oreo” feedback (3-S) Non-“Oreo” feedback (2-S) “Oreo” feedback (3-S) Non-“Oreo” feedback (2-S) “Oreo” feedback (3-S) Non-“Oreo” feedback (2-S) “Oreo” feedback (3-S)
Income
 <$60,000 13 15 7 17b 8 19a 8 14b
 ≥$60,000 11 17 23 10 20 18 27 7
Education
 Some college or below 10 7b 11 7b 9 9 17 8
 College graduate 11 13 15 7 11 11 10 10
 Postgraduate study 3 12 4 13 8 17 8 3
Ethnicity
 Black/African American 3 11b 5 6b 10 10 8 12b
 White 11 7 21 11 12 15 17 4
 Other 10 14 4 10 6 12 10 5
a

P<0.05, bP<0.01.

2-S, two-sentence feedback preferred; 3-S, three-sentence feedback preferred; IVPP, ineffective vegetable parenting practices.