Table 2.
Unadjusted associations between use of eating- and weight-related parenting practices and food security status by gender (Model 1)
| Boys | Girls | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prevalence | Prevalence differences (95% CI) | Prevalence | Prevalence differences (95% CI) | |||||||
| Food Secure (FS) | Low Food Secure (LFS) | Very Low Food Secure (VLFS) | FS vs. LFS | FS vs. VLFS | Food Secure (FS) | Low Food Secure (LFS) | Very Low Food Secure (VLFS) | FS vs. LFS | FS vs. VLFS | |
| Frequent encouragement to diet | 20.9 | 30.5 | 32.8 | 9.6 (3.0, 16.3) | 11.9 (3.2, 20.6) | 23.6 | 31.5 | 35.1 | 7.9 (1.6, 14.1) | 11.4 (3.3, 19.6) |
| Frequent encouragement for healthy eating | 65.3 | 69.5 | 71.8 | 4.2 (−2.8, 11.1) | 6.5 (−2.2, 15.1) | 61.1 | 66.7 | 68.4 | 5.6 (−0.9, 12.1) | 7.3 (−0.8, 15.5) |
| Frequent comments about child’s weight | 32.0 | 47.1 | 41.5 | 15.1 (7.8, 22.5) | 9.5 (0.2, 18.9) | 33.2 | 42.1 | 49.0 | 8.8 (2.1, 15.5) | 15.8 (7.1, 24.5) |
| Concerned about child’s weight | 35.1 | 39.1 | 50.4 | 4.0 (−3.3, 11.2) | 15.2 (5.8, 24.7) | 36.0 | 42.2 | 48.1 | 6.2 (−0.5, 13.0) | 12.1 (3.4, 20.7) |
| Frequent use of restrictive feeding practices | 21.9 | 30.5 | 31.3 | 8.6 (1.9, 15.3) | 9.4 (0.7, 18.0) | 20.1 | 29.1 | 37.4 | 8.9 (2.9, 14.9) | 17.3 (9.1, 25.5) |
| Frequent use of pressured feeding practices | 18.5 | 28.1 | 29.8 | 9.6 (3.1, 16.0) | 11.2 (2.8, 19.7) | 17.7 | 29.0 | 25.2 | 11.3 (5.3, 17.2) | 7.5 (0.1, 14.9) |