Table 4.

Adjusted models comparing picky and non-picky eaters in specific weight groups, using the cut-off 3.0 in the Food Fussiness subscale of the Child Eating Behavior Questionnaire

		Thinness		Normal weight		Overweight		Obesity		Overall P**
	n	Coeff.	P-value*	Coeff.	P-value*	Coeff.	P-value*	Coeff.	P-value*
Child Eating Behavior Questionnaire
Enjoyment of food	1183	−2.924	< 0.001	−3.089	< 0.001	−2.655	< 0.001	−2.501	< 0.001	0.743
Emotional overeating	1183	−0.149	0.710	0.114	0.563	0.374	0.424	0.574	0.232	0.661
Satiety responsiveness	1183	1.217	< 0.001	1.154	< 0.001	1.201	< 0.001	0.758	0.021	0.676
Slowness in eating	1183	1.078	0.002	1.080	< 0.001	1.109	0.024	0.835	0.066	0.966
Desire to drink	1183	−0.284	0.258	0.432	0.037	0.400	0.530	−0.870	0.086	0.074
Emotional undereating	1183	0.455	0.245	1.333	< 0.001	2.327	< 0.001	1.414	0.004	0.046
Food responsiveness	1183	−0.253	0.301	−0.251	0.067	−0.598	0.190	−1.236	0.006	0.183
Child Feeding Questionnaire
Perceived responsibility	1176	0.161	0.824	−0.331	0.259	−0.049	0.213	−0.624	0.472	0.752
Perceived parental weight	1178	−0.118	0.665	−0.123	0.302	−0.173	0.601	−0.178	0.501	0.997
Perceived child weight	1177	−0.208	0.696	−0.478	0.140	0.129	0.820	−0.611	0.042	0.693
Concern about child weight	1175	−0.455	0.359	0.036	0.903	−0.446	0.424	−0.526	0.294	0.698
Restriction	1177	−0.545	0.172	0.272	0.149	0.036	0.936	−0.232	0.618	0.265
Pressure to eat	1177	0.626	0.029	0.941	< 0.001	0.324	0.285	0.318	0.229	0.070
Monitoring	1176	−1.092	0.023	−0.060	0.781	0.106	0.837	−1.095	0.059	0.090
Lifestyle Behavior Checklist
Overeating	497	0.377	0.250	0.270	0.053	−0.229	0.594	− 0.198	0.539	0.374
Physical activity	494	2.686	0.022	1.426	0.002	3.184	0.016	0.726	0.313	0.348
Emotional correlates of overweighta	495	− 1.557	0.324	0.946	0.021	1.362	0.045	0.698	0.124	0.362
Screen Time	494	1.561	0.145	0.714	0.037	1.093	0.293	0.865	0.018	0.882
Misbehavior in relation to fooda	497	1.917	0.002	1.400	0.001	1.838	0.110	0.380	0.658	0.538

Structural Equation Model is adjusted for parental BMI, age, gender, education, foreign background, child age and child gender

All boldface coefficients correspond to a significant p-value (<0.05)

^a not adjusted for parental age, due to non-converging model

*p < .05 indicate significant difference between picky and non-picky eaters for subscale in the specific weight status group

**p < .05 indicate significant differences among the four weight status groups in the associations between picky eating and a specific subscale