TABLE 3.

Multinomial logistic regression analysis to examine the associations of mothers’ child-feeding practices with child’s SSB intake: IFPS II Year 6 Follow-up Study, 2012¹

	SSB intake during the past month at 6 y of age by child’s weight status
	Underweight/normal-weight children			Overweight/obese children
Mothers’ child-feeding practices2	n	>0 to <1 time/d	≥1 time/d	n	>0 to <1 time/d	≥1 time/d
Make sure that my child does not eat too many sweets or junk foods	904			275
No	102	Reference	Reference	41	Reference	Reference
Yes	802	0.77 (0.41, 1.42)	0.29 (0.15, 0.58)3	234	0.37 (0.08, 1.70)	0.16 (0.03, 0.79)3
If I did not guide or regulate my child’s eating, my child would eat too much of his/her favorite foods	904			275
No	301	Reference	Reference	72	Reference	Reference
Yes	603	1.46 (1.03, 2.09)3	2.03 (1.25, 3.29)3	203	1.63 (0.74, 3.58)	1.18 (0.47, 2.95)
Especially careful to make sure my child eats enough	904			275
No	317	Reference	Reference	113	Reference	Reference
Yes	587	1.12 (0.77, 1.62)	1.24 (0.75, 2.04)	162	1.75 (0.79, 3.90)	2.09 (0.81, 5.38)
Encourage my 6-y-old to eat all of the food on his/her plate	904			275
No	369	Reference	Reference	132	Reference	Reference
Yes	535	1.21 (0.84, 1.73)	1.11 (0.69, 1.79)	143	0.79 (0.37, 1.69)	1.02 (0.41, 2.51)

¹Values are adjusted ORs (95% CIs) unless otherwise indicated, n = 1179. All 4 mothers’ child-feeding practices variables were included in one model and adjusted for child’s sex, maternal age, maternal race/ethnicity, maternal education, marital status, annual household income, and maternal weight status. SSBs include regular soda, sweetened drinks such as Kool-Aid (Kraft Foods, Inc.), lemonade, sweet tea, Hi-C (Coca-Cola Company), cranberry cocktail, Gatorade (Gatorade, Inc.), and others. The reference group was SSB intake of 0 times/d. IFPS, Infant Feeding Practices Study.

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

³CIs that did not include 1.