Table 2.
Associations between maternal concern about child weight and related behaviours and food parenting practices among mothers of 5-year old children, N = 310a,b,c
| Maternal concern | Food parenting practices | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monitoring | Pressure | Restriction | Rewards | Modeling | Balance & variety | Emotional Regulation | Covert Restriction | |
| β (95% CI) | β (95% CI) | β (95% CI) | β (95% CI) | β (95% CI) | β (95% CI) | β (95% CI) | β (95% CI) | |
| Child weight | ||||||||
| No concern | --- (ref) | --- (ref) | --- (ref) | --- (ref) | --- (ref) | --- (ref) | --- (ref) | --- (ref) |
| Weigh too little | −0.21 (− 0.64,0.23) | 0.70 (0.30, 1.10) | 0.56 (0.20, 0.91) | 0.49 (0.08, 0.89) | 0.07 (− 0.16, 0.31) | − 0.17 (− 0.37,0.02) | 0.08 (− 0.14, 0.30) | −0.18 (− 0.48,0.12) |
| Weigh too much | − 0.18 (− 0.73,0.37) | −0.41 (− 0.91,0.01) | 0.54 (0.20, 0.86) | −0.22 (− 0.77,0.31) | −0.09 (− 0.40,0.22) | −0.11 (− 0.29,0.07) | 0.01 (− 0.35, 0.36) | 0.31 (− 0.15,0.77) |
| Child eating | ||||||||
| No concern | --- (ref) | --- (ref) | --- (ref) | --- (ref) | --- (ref) | --- (ref) | --- (ref) | --- (ref) |
| Eat too little | −0.44 (−0.82,-0.07) | 0.44 (0.16, 0.71) | 0.53 (0.22, 0.83) | 0.46 (0.17, 0.75) | 0.02 (−0.17, 0.21) | −0.08 (− 0.20,0.04) | 0.16 (− 0.02, 0.34) | −0.15 (− 0.41,0.12) |
| Eat too much | 0.12 (− 0.31,0.56) | −1.10 (1.51,0.69) | 0.94 (0.60, 1.29) | −0.28 (− 0.82,0.27) | 0.06 (− 0.19,0.31) | −0.01(− 0.18, 0.16) | 0.01(− 0.24, 0.26) | 0.26 (− 0.08,0.59) |
aAll estimates are adjusted for maternal education, language spoken at home, maternal weight status, treatment condition
bWhen 95% CI does not include 0.0, the estimate and 95% CI are bolded
cNumbers vary slightly due to missing data