Table 4. Correlates for Five New Interesting Predictors.
Someone packing a lunch for you to school (q53) | Family preparing meals using fresh ingredients (q34) | Parents talking about nutrition (q59) | Preparing own meals more often than parents did (q13) | Being bullied (q1) | ||
Home environment | ||||||
q53 | Someone packing a lunch for you to take to school | 1.000 | .223* | .343** | –.235* | –.095 |
q59 | Parents talking about nutrition | .343** | .338** | 1.000 | –.162 | –.133 |
q13 | Preparing own meals more often than parents did | –.235* | –.345** | –.162 | 1.000 | .101 |
q7 | Parents restricted your food intake | .060 | –.087 | .296** | .036 | .038 |
q39 | Food used as a punishment in any ways | –.104 | –.090 | .187 | .232* | –.013 |
q6 | Rewarded with food | .027 | –.113 | –.082 | .027 | .087 |
q5 | Living in poverty | –.086 | –.139 | –.126 | .185** | .217** |
Psychosocial well-being | ||||||
q43 | Having many friends | .249* | .415** | .127 | –.343** | –.345** |
q1 | Being bullied | –.095 | –.012 | –.133 | .101 | 1.000 |
Healthy lifestyle | ||||||
q17 | Engaging in regular outdoor activity with family | .394** | .276** | .292** | –.278** | –.299** |
q18 | Sleep on an average school weekday | .231* | .234* | .254* | .019 | .010 |
q12 | Drank juice or soda more often than water | –.303** | –.323** | –.414** | .089 | .165** |
q25 | Household served reduced-fat alternatives to traditional foods (e.g. skim milk instead of whole, egg beaters instead of whole eggs, etc.) | .065 | –.017 | .086 | –.023 | –.092 |
q19 | Times per week bringing lunch to school | .763** | .249* | .361** | –.256* | –.167 |
q34 | Family preparing meals using fresh ingredients | .223* | 1.000 | .338** | –.345** | –.012 |
Family history & biological factors | ||||||
q4 | Parents obese | –.031 | –.347** | –.118 | .096 | .174** |
q41 | Grandparents overweight | –.039 | –.162 | –.234* | .044 | .117 |
q54 | Maternal grandmother obese | –.115 | –.177 | –.139 | .122 | .130 |
p <.05, ** p <.01, *** p <.001.