Table 2.
Children's fussiness with vegetables | ||
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r | p | |
Reoffering of refused vegetables | 0.03 | .34 |
Caregivers' general feeding practices | ||
Modelling healthy eating | −0.05 | .18 |
Encourage balance and variety | −0.10 | .05 |
Healthy food environment | −0.10 | .04 |
Pressure to eat | −0.04 | .24 |
Involvement in food planning/preparation | −0.02 | .35 |
Caregivers' vegetable specific feeding practices | ||
Modelling of eating vegetables | −0.01 | .46 |
Encouragement/ pressure to eat vegetablesb | 0.14 | .01 |
Involvement with choosing and preparation | −0.06 | .18 |
Hiding vegetables within other foods | 0.30 | .00 |
Serving vegetables in different formsa | 0.11 | .03 |
Playing games with eating vegetables | 0.03 | .31 |
Offering food rewards in exchange for consumption | 0.19 | .00 |
Offering other rewards in exchange for consumptiona | 0.21 | .00 |
Using threats for if vegetables are not eatenb | 0.09 | .07 |
Compromising on the order or amount consumed | 0.14 | .01 |
Children's eating behaviours | ||
Enjoyment of food | −0.37 | .00 |
Slowness in eating | 0.25 | .00 |
Food fussinessb | 0.60 | .00 |
Food responsiveness | −0.16 | .00 |
Significant correlations (p ≤ .01) are denoted in bold; n ranges from 251 to 287 due to missing data.
Partial correlation controlling for caregiver age.
Partial correlation controlling for child age.