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. 2017 Mar 1;14(1):e12442. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12442

Table 2.

Associations between children's fussiness with vegetables with caregivers' reoffering of vegetables, general feeding practices, vegetable specific feeding practices, and children's eating behaviours

Children's fussiness with vegetables
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.

a

Partial correlation controlling for caregiver age.

b

Partial correlation controlling for child age.