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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Appetite. 2014 May 20;80:190–196. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2014.05.016

Table 1. Descriptive demographics, daughters' dieting, and parental encouragement.

Total Sample (n=167) Early Dieters (n=55) Adolescent Dieters (n=77) Did not diet by 15 (n=35)
Daughter BMI percentile
 at 9 64.5 (27.1) 78.9 (22.1) 60.9 (26.1) 51.3 (27.0)
 at 15 61.3 (25.1) 72.3 (23.6) 60.4 (22.7) 48.6 (25.8)
% with maternal encouragement
 by 11 21.0 45.5 12.8 5.6
 by 15 32.3 N/A 20.5 13.9
% with paternal encouragement
 by 11 20.1 45.3 13.2 0
 by 15 27.9 N/A 26.3 2.8
% with combined encouragement
 by 11 14.0 36.9 6.6 0
 by 15 20.7 N/A 14.5 2.8

Early dieters reported dieting for the first time at 9y or 11y; adolescent dieters reported dieting for the first time at 13y or 15y. Parental encouragement measured at daughter 9-, 11-, 13-, and 15y. Percent daughters with maternal/paternal/combined encouragement represents parent report of encouragement at least once during the time period