Table 5.

Spearman correlation coefficients between factors of dietary behaviour and nutrition–related parenting practices among seven- to eight-year-old children.

	Unhealthy Food	Proteins	Plant-Based	Dairy	Confectionery
Control of Unhealthy Food	−0.255	0.011	0.054	−0.030	−0.028
p	<0.001 *	0.554	0.005 *	0.120	0.152
Cost of and Preferences for Food	0.072 *	−0.042	−0.278	0.055	−0.041
p	<0.001 *	0.030 *	<0.001 *	0.004 *	0.031 *
Taking Care of Family Food	−0.011	0.098	0.090	0.069	−0.108
p	0.579	<0.001 *	<0.001 *	<0.001 *	<0.001 *
Encouragement	−0.072	0.002	0.109	0.019	0.013
p	<0.001*	0.924	<0.001 *	0.334	0.502
Pressure to Eat	0.070	0.038	−0.060	0.035	0.049
p	<0.001 *	0.050	0.002 *	0.065	0.011 *
Preparation of Food	−0.124	0.015	0.217	0.051	−0.033
p	<0.001 *	0.443	<0.001 *	0.008 *	0.087
Food as a Reward or Punishment	0.157	0.002	−0.056	0.049	0.106
p	<0.001 *	0.912	0.003 *	0.012 *	<0.001 *
Variety of Food	0.037	0.222	0.324	0.060	−0.127
p	0.052	<0.001 *	<0.001 *	0.002 *	<0.001 *
Liberal Attitude	0.146	0.020	−0.090	0.042	0.078
p	<0.001 *	0.298	<0.001 *	0.031 *	<0.001 *
Child’s Involvement	0.063	0.015	0.090	0.075	−0.058
p	0.001 *	0.451	<0.001 *	<0.001 *	0.002 *
Mealtime	0.061	−0.043	−0.076	−0.008	0.007
p	0.001 *	0.025 *	<0.001 *	0.676	0.731

n = 2705; * p < 0.05.