Table 3.

Correlations between parenting practices and children’s dietary intake and BMI z-score

Parenting practices	Correlation coefficient†
	Fruit	Vegetables	Pastry	Sweets	Savoury snacks	Water	Sugary beverages	BMI z-score
Teaching about nutrition	0·12*	0·09	0·00	0·01	–0·05	0·13**	–0·01	0·02
Emotion regulation	–0·06	–0·05	0·21***	0·11*	0·26***	0·00	0·10	0·13*
Pressure to eat	–0·07	0·01	0·11*	0·11*	0·01	–0·05	0·07	–0·12*
Restriction of intake	–0·08	0·03	–0·10	–0·14**	–0·07	0·08	–0·09	0·21***
Availability	0·18***	0·16**	–0·21***	–0·32***	–0·19***	0·21***	–0·22***	–0·01
Encourage balance and variety	0·09	0·06	–0·06	–0·05	–0·06	0·16**	–0·05	0·00
Child control over eating	–0·03	–0·10*	0·06	0·13*	0·18***	0·01	0·17**	–0·02
Modelling of healthy eating	0·06	0·09	–0·04	–0·16**	–0·22***	0·22***	–0·14**	0·06

^†Results of bivariate Pearson correlations.

*P < 0·05, **P < 0·01, ***P < 0·001.