TABLE 2.

Mothers’ child-feeding practices by characteristics and child’s weight status: IFPS II Year 6 Follow-up Study, 2012¹

			Mothers’ child-feeding practices,2 % yes
	Sample size by child’s weight status, n		Make sure that my child does not eat too many sweets or junk foods		If I did not guide or regulate my child’s eating, my child would eat too much of his/her favorite foods		Especially careful to make sure my child eats enough		Encourage my 6-y-old to eat all of the food on his/her plate
Characteristic	UW/NW children	OW/OB children	UW/NW children	OW/OB children	UW/NW children	OW/OB children	UW/NW children	OW/OB children	UW/NW children	OW/OB children
Total (n = 1350)	1031	319	89.0	85.9	66.2	71.2	64.4	60.2	59.4	53.6
Child’s sex	1031	319
M	520	157	88.7	84.7	66.0	66.2	61.9	59.2	60.6	54.1
F	511	162	89.4	87.0	66.3	75.9	66.9	61.1	58.1	53.1
Child’s mean BMI percentile	1031	319	42.9	93.8	44.1	93.9	42.0	94.0	41.3	93.8
Maternal age	1030	314
≤34 y	357	114	89.1	89.5	67.0	73.7	67.5	71.3*	61.6	58.8
35–44 y	588	181	88.6	85.1	66.3	70.2	62.2	53.6*	57.0	51.4
≥45 y	85	19	91.8	73.7	61.2	73.7	67.1	57.9*	67.1	31.6
Maternal race/ethnicity	938	295
White, non-Hispanic	828	244	88.2	84.8	66.7	72.5	62.8*	55.3*	57.4*	50.8
Black, non-Hispanic	23	20	100.0	90.0	69.6	80.0	87.0*	90.0*	78.3*	70.0
Hispanic	42	21	90.5	85.7	61.9	66.7	81.0*	66.7*	69.1*	52.4
Other race, non-Hispanic	45	10	88.9	100.0	64.4	70.0	66.7*	70.0*	73.3*	70.0
Maternal education	977	301
High school or less	105	53	87.6	77.4	63.8	69.8	72.4*	69.8*	75.2*	64.2*
Some college	345	139	86.7	87.8	65.2	70.5	71.3*	66.9*	61.2*	55.4*
College graduate	527	109	90.5	86.2	67.4	75.2	58.3*	41.3*	55.4*	41.3*
Marital status	975	304
Married/domestic partnership	856	248	89.5	84.3	67.1	73.0	64.0	55.7*	59.0	51.6
Not married	119	56	84.0	91.1	60.0	67.9	67.2	71.4*	63.0	55.4
Annual household income	948	291
≤$34,999	177	81	87.0	86.4	63.3	72.8	73.5*	70.4*	66.1*	61.7*
$35,000–$74,999	350	117	88.9	82.1	68.9	73.4	63.7*	58.1*	62.3*	53.9*
$75,000–$99,999	185	42	90.3	88.1	63.2	69.1	68.1*	45.2*	54.6*	38.1*
≥$100,000	236	51	89.0	88.2	68.2	74.5	56.8*	56.9*	55.5*	43.1*
Maternal weight status3	1023	313
Underweight or normal-weight	496	88	90.5	87.5	65.3*	70.5	62.9	65.9	59.1	58.0
Overweight	269	93	90.0	87.1	72.5*	73.1	64.7	62.4	60.2	53.8
Obese	258	132	85.7	83.3	61.6*	71.2	67.8	54.6	58.1	50.0

¹*P ≤ 0.05 (chi-square test). IFPS, Infant Feeding Practices Study; OW/OB, overweight/obese; UW/NW, underweight/normal-weight.

²“No” included “1,” “2,” and “3” on the Likert scale and “yes” included “4” and “5” on the Likert scale.

³Underweight or normal-weight = BMI (in kg/m²) <25.0; overweight = BMI of 25 to <30; obese = BMI ≥30.