Table 5.

Correlations between maternal eating behaviours and children’s overweight and obesity at different ages

Age	Status	Grain	Vegetable	Fruit	Meat	Egg	Snack
1–18	Overweight	−0.079*	− 0.042*	0.022	− 0.043*	0.032	0.050
	Obesity	−0.043*	0.025	0.033	0.009	0.090*	0.041
1–6	Overweight	−0.125*	−0.069*	0.018	−0.013	0.081	0.815*
	Obesity	−0.086*	−0.018	0.06	0.008	0.066	0.062
7–12	Overweight	−0.079*	−0.082*	− 0.058	−0.047*	0.185*	0.103
	Obesity	−0.006	0.046	0.047	0.027	0.158*	0.093
13–18	Overweight	0.058	−0.031	−0.007	− 0.002	0.074	0.037
	Obesity	−0.046*	−0.013	− 0.015	−0.011	0.043	0.008

* p < 0.1