Table 5.

Current toddlers’ dietary habits and maternal concerns about toddlers’ feeding according to the age group and use of added salt, sugar, and both salt and sugar in the Austrian sample (n = 1783).

Variables	12–24 Months (n = 941)						25–36 Months (n = 842)
	AS		ASu		AS&Su		AS		ASu		AS&Su
	Yes 74.8%	No 25.2%	Yes 27.7%	No 72.3%	Yes 26.8%	No 73.2%	Yes 87.4%	No 12.6%	Yes 45.8%	No 54.2%	Yes 44.7%	No 55.3%
Dietary pattern:
→Pro-health	37.8	40.9 ***	32.6	40.9 ***	33.1	40.6 ***	28.8	38.7	24.6	34.6 ***	25	34.1 ***
→Western-like	32.4	14.8	42.5	22.4	42.2	22.8	54.6	42.5	60.9	46.5	60.9	46.8
→Non-eaters	29.8	44.3	24.9	36.8	24.7	36.7	16.6	18.9	14.5	18.9	14,1	19.1
Eating at least one meal with the family	99.4	98.7	99.2	99.3	99.2	99.3	99.5	0.0	99.7	99.3	99.7	99.4
Eating meals separately	38.2	44.3	35.2	41.5	35.5	41.3	34.2	31.1	34.5	33.3	34.6	33.3
Eating while watching TV 1	9.9	9.7	13.4	8.5 *	12.7	8.8	17.8	16.0	18.9	16.4	18.6	16.7
Eating during playing	7.5	8.4	5.7	8.5	5.6	8.6	7.1	11.3	8.0	7.2	8.0	7.3
None concern	62.8	62.9	59.4	64.1	69.6	63.6	62.9	56.6	61.7	62.5	62.2	62.0
Toddler eats too little	17.8	16.9	20.3	16.5	19.9	16.7	19.3	17.0	20.2	18.0	18.0	20.2
Toddler eats too much	3.3	0.8*	1.9	2.9	2.0	2.9	3.3	2.8	3.9	2.6	2.6	4.0
Toddler eats same thing for longer period	14.8	15.6	16.1	14.6	15.9	14.6	16.7	13.2	16.8	15.8	16.3	16.2
Toddler does not eat vegetables	11.6	11.4	12.6	11.2	12.4	11.3	14.7	10.4	16.1	12.5	12.7	16.0
Toddler does not eat novel foods	8.4	7.6	10.3	7.4	10.4	7.4	15.5	9.4	16.6	13.2	13.1	16.8

¹ including smartphones and tablets; AS—added salt; ASu—added sugar; AS&Su—added salt and sugar; * p ≤ 0.05; ** p ≤ 0.01; *** p ≤ 0.001.