Table 3.
Predicted probabilities of use of eating and weight-related parenting practices by food security status among mothers of adolescent boys (n=986)
| Model 2 | Model 3 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimated Prevalence | Prevalence differences (95% CI) | Estimated 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 | 24.0 | 24.1 | 28.6 | 0.1 (−6.4, 6.6) | 4.6 (−4.1, 13.4) | 22.6 | 23.1 | 28.5 | 0.5 (−5.9, 6.8) | 5.8 (−2.8. 14.4) |
| Frequent encouragement for healthy eating | 64.2 | 69.4 | 72.2 | 5.3 (−2.3, 12.8) | 8.0 (−1.3, 17.3) | 63.3 | 68.5 | 72.2 | 5.2 (−2.7, 13.1) | 8.9 (−0.5, 18.3) |
| Frequent comments about child’s weight | 33.6 | 42.7 | 41.4 | 9.1 (1.5, 16.7) | 7.8 (−2.0, 17.6) | 32.9 | 41.5 | 40.7 | 8.6 (0.9, 16.3) | 7.8 (−2.0, 17.6) |
| Concerned about child’s weight | 35.6 | 35.7 | 49.2 | 0.2 (−7.6, 7.9) | 13.7 (3.3, 24.0) | 35.1 | 35.8 | 48.8 | 0.8 (−7.0, 8.5) | 13.7 (3.5, 23.9) |
| Frequent use of restrictive feeding practices | 24.9 | 25.0 | 26.3 | 0.1 (−6.5, 6.8) | 1.4 (−7.3, 10.1) | 25.3 | 24.8 | 25.2 | −0.6 (−7.4, 6.3) | −0.2 (−8.7, 8.4) |
| Frequent use of pressured feeding practices | 20.5 | 23.5 | 25.8 | 3.0 (−3.3, 9.2) | 5.2 (−3.2, 13.6) | 20.0 | 23.6 | 26.2 | 3.5 (−2.9, 9.9) | 6.2 (−2.3, 14.7) |
Model 2: Adjusted for socio-demographic characteristics (child’s age, mothers’ race/ethnicity, number of children in home, and educational attainment, and household income)
Model 3: Model 2 with additional adjustment for maternal BMI and adolescent BMI percentile