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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Appetite. 2016 Dec 8;110:72–79. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2016.12.011

Table 1.

Descriptive Characteristics of the Sample

Child Parent
N 421 421
Age, M (SD) 6.62 (1.67) 37.45 (6.40)
Sex, n/denominator (%)
 Female 208/421 (49.4) 391/421 (92.9)
 Male 213/421 (50.6) 30/421 (7.1)
Race, n/denominator (%)
 Asian 14/421 (3.3) 16/421 (3.8)
 Black 44/421 (10.5) 41/421 (9.7)
 Indian 2/421 (0.5) 1/421 (0.2)
 White 301/421 (71.5) 342/421 (81.2)
 More than one race 49/421 (11.6) 14/421 (3.3)
 Other 0/421 (0.0) 2/421 (0.5)
 Unknown 11/421 (2.6) 5/421 (1.2)
Ethnicity, n/denominator (%)
 Hispanic 29/421 (6.9) 15/421 (3.6)
 Non-Hispanic 390/421 (92.6) 402/421 (95.5)
 Unknown 2/421 (0.5) 4/421 (1.0)
BMI (kg/m2), M (SD); range 17.82 (1.35); 15.99–22.24 ---
BMI percentile, M (SD); range 84.86 (6.93); 69.55–96.51 ---
Educational status, n (%)
 High school degree or less --- 31/421 (7.4)
 Vocational school --- 26/421 (6.2)
 Some college --- 62/421 (14.7)
 College degree --- 160/421 (38.0)
 Professional training beyond a 4-year college degree --- 139/421 (33.0)
 Unknown --- 3/421 (0.7)
Child Feeding Questionnaire, M (SD); range
 Restriction --- 3.23 (0.83); 1–5
 Monitoring --- 3.74 (0.99); 1–5
Parenting Styles and Dimensions Questionnaire, M (SD); range
 Authoritative --- 3.95 (0.45); 2–5
 Authoritarian --- 1.57 (0.30); 1–2.67
 Permissive --- 1.90 (0.51); 1–4
NDSR child dietary intake, M (SD)
 Total energy intake in kcal 1770.25 (561.41) ---
 Servings of fruits and vegetables 2.78 (2.42) ---
 Servings of unhealthy snacks 1.90 (1.72) ---
 Servings of sugar sweetened beverages 0.83 (1.11) ---