Table 4.
Predicted probabilities of use of eating and weight-related parenting practices by food security status among mothers of adolescent girls (n=1190)
| 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 | 24.2 | 28.8 | 33.1 | 4.6 (−1.8, 11.1) | 8.9 (0.5, 17.4) | 25.7 | 27.3 | 31.8 | 1.7 (−4.5, 7.8) | 6.1 (−1.8, 14.0) |
| Frequent encouragement for healthy eating | 61.4 | 65.7 | 66.2 | 4.4 (−2.8, 11.5) | 4.8 (−4.2, 13.8) | 61.3 | 65.5 | 64.1 | 4.2 (−3.2, 11.6) | 2.8 (−6.6, 12.2) |
| Frequent comments about child’s weight | 35.1 | 36.8 | 43.9 | 1.7 (−5.1, 8.4) | 8.8 (0.0, 17.6) | 36.1 | 35.3 | 42.2 | −0.7 (−7.5, 6.0) | 6.1 (−2.7, 14.8) |
| Concerned about child’s weight | 35.7 | 40.4 | 47.4 | 4.7 (−2.5, 12.0) | 11.6 (2.3, 21.0) | 36.4 | 38.5 | 45.2 | 2.1 (−4.9, 9.0) | 8.8 (−0.1, 17.6) |
| Frequent use of restrictive feeding practices | 20.1 | 26.9 | 34.4 | 6.8 (0.6, 13.0) | 14.3 (5.8, 22.8) | 20.5 | 26.3 | 33.0 | 5.7 (−0.4, 11.8) | 12.4 (4.2, 20.7) |
| Frequent use of pressured feeding practices | 19.1 | 22.4 | 22.6 | 3.4 (−2.2, 8.9) | 3.5 (−3.6, 10.6) | 18.9 | 21.6 | 21.1 | 2.7 (−2.8, 8.2) | 2.3 (−4.7, 9.2) |
Model 2: Adjusted for socio-demographic characteristics (child’s age, mothers’ race/ethnicity and educational attainment, number of children in home, and household income)
Model 3: Model 2 with additional adjustment for maternal BMI and adolescent BMI percentile