TABLE 1.

Mothers With Each Feeding Style at Child Age of 6 Years by Bottle-Feeding Practices During the First 6 Months

	N	MFS
		Pressure to Eat		Food Restriction
		Encourage My Child to Eat All of the Food on the Plate, % yes	Especially Careful to Make Sure My Child Eats Enough, % yes	Make Sure My Child Doesn’t Eat Too Many Sweets or Junk Foods, % yes	If I Didn’t Guide/Regulate, My Child Would Eat Too Much of His/Her Favorite Foods, % yes
All children	1117	23.7	33.3	53.6	37.5
Bottle-feeding practices during the first 6 mos
Bottle feeding intensity (BFI)
Low (0% to 50%)	549	18.6	24.6	55.4	37.7
High (51% to 100%)	568	28.7	41.7	52.0	37.3
P		<.01*	<.01*	.25	.90
Bottle emptying encouraged by mothers
Rarely	943	21.0	31.6	53.2	36.6
Often	174	38.5	42.5	55.8	42.5
P		<.01*	<.01*	.54	.14
Bottle emptying led by infants
Rarely	501	19.0	27.94	51.9	38.5
Often	616	27.6	37.66	55.0	36.7
P		<.01*	<.01*	.30	.53

Data from the IFPS II, 2005–2007, and Y6FU, 2012. BFI is defined as the percentage of milk feeds given by bottle. P values were obtained by χ² test for each association examined. *P ≤ 0.05.