Table 4.
Correlations between feeding practices (weighted composite scores), eating behaviours (mean scores) and child WAZ measured at child age 2 years
|
Satiety responsiveness & slowness eating |
Fussiness |
Food responsiveness |
Enjoyment food |
Emotional undereating |
Emotional overeating |
Desire drink |
Child weight-for-age z-score |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 461) | (n = 461) | (n = 461) | (n = 461) | (n = 461) | (n = 460) | (n = 461) | (n = 458) | |
| Distrust in appetite |
-.081 |
.139** |
.153** |
-.085 |
.097* |
.225*** |
.162*** |
.017 |
| Reward for behaviour |
.030 |
.162*** |
.339*** |
-.088 |
.222*** |
.386*** |
.116* |
.028 |
| Reward for eating |
.101* |
.286*** |
.193*** |
-.202*** |
.205*** |
.287*** |
.119* |
.021 |
| Persuasive feeding |
.108* |
.266*** |
.181*** |
-.173*** |
.260*** |
.263*** |
.197*** |
-.034 |
| Covert restriction |
.025 |
.005 |
-.016 |
.016 |
.047 |
-.047 |
-.020 |
-.035 |
| Overt restriction |
.173*** |
.132** |
.258*** |
-.074 |
.180*** |
.167*** |
.119* |
-.033 |
| Structured meal setting |
-.162*** |
-.142** |
-.032 |
.245*** |
-.153** |
-.136** |
-.063 |
.059 |
| Structured meal timing |
-.045 |
-.048 |
.012 |
.074 |
.093* |
-.044 |
-.050 |
-.021 |
| Family meal setting | -.014 | -.397*** | -.017 | .286*** | -.154** | -.126** | -.087 | -.026 |
*For p < .05, **for p < .01 and ***for p < .001.