Table 3.
Associations between picky eating during childhood and young adult weight status, weight-control behaviours and binge eating with loss of control; Project EAT-III (Eating and Activity in Teens and Young Adults), Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN, USA, 2008–2009
| ‘I was a picky eater growing up’ | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strongly disagree | Somewhat disagree | Somewhat agree | Strongly agree | Total sample (n 2275) | ||||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | Adjusted OR* | 95 % CI | |
| Weight status category | ||||||||||||
| Underweight (v. BMI = 18·5–24·9 kg/m2) | 14 | 25·0 | 12 | 20·4 | 13 | 23·5 | 18 | 31·1 | 57 | 2·7 | 1·42 | 1·09, 1·83 |
| Normal weight (BMI = 18·5–24·9 kg/m2) | 310 | 31·8 | 232 | 23·8 | 236 | 24·2 | 197 | 20·2 | 975 | 45·5 | – | – |
| Overweight (v. BMI = 18·5–24·9 kg/m2) | 1·08 | 0·98, 1·19 | ||||||||||
| Obesity (v. BMI = 18·5–24·9 kg/m2) | 1·09 | 0·99, 1·21 | ||||||||||
| Overweight (v. BMI < 25 kg/m2) | 194 | 30·8 | 138 | 22·0 | 150 | 23·9 | 146 | 23·3 | 628 | 29·3 | 1·06 | 0·97, 1·16 |
| Obesity (v. BMI < 25 kg/m2) | 141 | 29·2 | 125 | 25·9 | 104 | 21·6 | 113 | 23·3 | 483 | 22·6 | 1·07 | 0·97, 1·18 |
| Any unhealthy weight-control strategies (v. no) | 278 | 28·1 | 260 | 26·2 | 237 | 23·9 | 217 | 21·9 | 992 | 43·8 | 1·06 | 0·97, 1·16 |
| Any extreme weight-control strategies (v. no) | 107 | 30·8 | 83 | 23·8 | 76 | 21·9 | 82 | 23·5 | 347 | 15·3 | 0·96 | 0·86, 1·08 |
| Binge eating with loss of control (v. no) | 74 | 28·2 | 79 | 29·9 | 61 | 23·3 | 49 | 18·6 | 263 | 11·6 | 0·92 | 0·82, 1·04 |
SES, socio-economic status.
*
Sex, ethnicity/race and SES included as covariates. Weight-control strategies and binge eating with loss of control models additionally include adjustment for BMI.