Table 5.

Adjusted models comparing picky and non-picky eaters in specific weight groups, using the cut-off 3.3 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	−3.031	< 0.001	−3.261	< 0.001	− 2.979	< 0.001	− 2.793	0.001	0.905
Emotional overeating	1183	0.580	0.169	−0.057	0.787	−0.293	0.547	0.693	0.269	0.341
Satiety responsiveness	1183	0.865	0.001	1.257	< 0.001	1.239	< 0.001	0.865	0.034	0.451
Slowness in eating	1183	1.169	0.001	1.051	< 0.001	1.591	< 0.001	1.260	0.035	0.789
Desire to drink	1183	−0.009	0.984	0.224	0.314	0.525	0.427	−0.801	0.237	0.472
Emotional undereating	1183	0.842	0.042	1.424	< 0.001	1.368	0.026	1.605	0.012	0.621
Food responsiveness	1183	−0.170	0.515	−0.422	0.004	−1.152	0.015	−0.889	0.138	0.267
Child Feeding Questionnaire
Perceived responsibilitya	1182	0.002	0.997	−0.125	0.673	−0.502	0.540	−1.529	0.161	0.647
Perceived parental weight	1178	−0.012	0.996	0.037	0.771	0.345	0.326	−0.084	0.808	0.819
Perceive child weight	1177	−0.354	0.530	−0.450	0.191	0.329	0.578	−0.421	0.289	0.714
Concern about child weight	1175	0.009	0.986	−0.007	0.982	−0.046	0.937	−0.234	0.727	0.991
Restrictiona	1183	−0.342	0.409	0.251	0.207	0.016	0.973	0.009	0.988	0.616
Pressure to eat	1177	0.663	0.029	0.932	< 0.001	0.364	0.247	0.890	0.007	0.383
Monitoring	1176	−0.447	0.382	−0.083	0.720	0.188	0.728	−0.728	0.343	0.713
Lifestyle Behavior Checklist
Overeating	497	0.230	0.486	0.240	0.103	−0.535	0.227	−0.307	0.486	0.266
Physical activity	494	2.957	0.017	1.955	< 0.001	3.048	0.028	0.465	0.634	0.357
Emotional correlates of overweight	494	−0.377	0.798	0.800	0.036	1.128	0.053	0.324	0.611	0.630
Screen Time	494	2.349	0.034	0.450	0.210	1.337	0.207	0.465	0.007	0.226
Misbehavior in relation to foodb	510	2.262	0.002	1.573	< 0.001	2.049	0.057	1.772	0.113	0.869

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

^b unadjusted model, adjusted model did not converge

*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 groups in the associations between picky eating and a specific subscale