Table 3. Adjusted association between offspring dietary patterns at 3-years of age and eating behaviour.
| Underweight | Overweight | Obese | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coefficient (95% CI) | Coefficient (95% CI) | Coefficient (95% CI) | ||||
| Food approach scales | (n=15) | (n=125) | (n=38) | |||
| Food responsiveness | -0.25 (-0.68 to 0.18) | P=0.25 | 0.27 (0.09 to 0.44) | P=0.003 | 0.47 (0.19 to 0.74) | P=0.001 |
| Emotional overeating | -0.21 (-0.47 to 0.03) | P=0.096 | 0.05 (-0.04 to 0.15) | P=0.29 | 0.07 (-0.09 to 0.23) | P=0.39 |
| Enjoyment of food | -0.62 (-1.09 to -0.16) | P=0.008 | 0.20 (0.02 to 0.399) | P=0.02 | 0.34 (0.05 to 0.64) | P=0.02 |
| Desire to drink | 0.20 (-0.40 to 0.81) | P=0.508 | 0.10 (-0.14 to 0.35) | P=0.418 | 0.42 (0.03 to 0.83) | P=0.03 |
| Food avoidance scales | ||||||
| Emotional under eating | 0.008 (-0.49 to 0.50) | P=0.94 | -0.07 (-0.27 to 0.13) | P=0.48 | -0.20 (-0.52 to 0.11) | P=0.213 |
| Slowness in eating | 0.46 (0.005 to 0.93) | P=0.047 | -0.08 (-0.27 to 0.09) | P=0.36 | -0.40 (-0.70 to -0.11) | P=0.007 |
| Food fussiness | 0.71 (0.22 to 1.21) | P=0.005 | 0.02 (-0.18 to 0.22) | P=0.83 | -0.28 (-0.60 to 0.03) | P=0.08 |
| Satiety responsiveness | 0.19 (-0.20 to 0.58) | P=0.34 | -0.21 (-0.37 to -0.05) | P=0.009 | -0.461 (-0.71 to -0.20) | P<0.001 |
Adjusted for maternal ethnicity, socio-economic status, smoking and BMI at baseline (15-18 weeks’ gestation), years spent in full time education, maternal age, parity, infant birthweight, sex age at follow-up and randomisation arm. Children were excluded if they were born ≤ 34 weeks gestation and suffering from major ill health.