Table 2.
Child eating behaviour scales [28] in GEMINI and NOURISH
| Mean (SD) | Cronbach’s Alpha (α) | Correlations | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enjoyment of food | Food responsiveness | Satiety responsiveness | Slowness in eating | Food fussiness | |||
| GEMINI (n = 1044)a | |||||||
| Enjoyment of food | 4.17 (0.60) | 0.85 | 1 | .344** | -.636** | -.458** | -.620** |
| Food responsiveness | 2.22 (0.75) | 0.76 | 1 | -.444** | -.260** | -.168** | |
| Satiety responsiveness | 2.70 (0.63) | 0.78 | - | - | 1 | .574** | .470** |
| Slowness in eating | 2.48 (0.64) | 0.67 | - | - | - | 1 | .340** |
| Food fussiness | 2.19 (0.69) | 0.86 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| NOURISH (n = 167)b | |||||||
| Enjoyment of food | 3.77 (0.67) | 0.89 | 1 | .378** | -.510** | -.505** | -.664** |
| Food responsiveness | 2.42 (0.68) | 0.77 | - | 1 | -.311** | -.242** | -.105 |
| Satiety responsiveness | 2.99 (0.58) | 0.78 | - | - | 1 | .503** | .374** |
| Slowness in eating | 3.09 (0.72) | 0.82 | - | - | - | 1 | .463** |
| Food fussiness | 2.87 (0.82) | 0.93 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)
aThe CEBQ scale data were collected in GEMINI when children were 16 ± 1 months
bThe CEBQ scale data were collected in NOURISH when children were 44 ± 3 months (3.7 years)