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. 2022 Mar 21;66:10.29219/fnr.v66.8050. doi: 10.29219/fnr.v66.8050

Table 3.

Association between parental feeding practices and child food intake, Gardermoen Region, Norway (2019) (n = 111)

Feeding practice Fruits/berriesa
Vegetablesa
Fisha
SSBa
High-sugar Foodsa
ORb (95% CI) P ORb (95% CI) P ORb (95% CI) P ORb (95% CI) P ORb (95% CI) P
Involvement 1.99 (1.15, 3.44) 0.01 1.25 (0.73, 2.16) 0.42 0.89 (0.53, 1.49) 0.67 1.58 (0.92, 2.72) 0.10 0.86 (0.51, 1.45) 0.57
Environment 2.10 (1.17, 3.78) 0.01 2.94 (1.55, 5.55) <0.01 1.05 (0.61, 1.82) 0.86 0.55 (0.29, 1.03) 0.06 0.54 (0.29, 0.98) 0.04
Emotional regulation 0.77 (0.49, 1.21) 0.26 0.75 (0.47, 1.19) 0.23 0.92 (0.59, 1.44) 0.71 0.80 (0.49, 1.31) 0.37 1.25 (0.78, 1.99) 0.35
Food as reward 1.12 (0.67, 1.87) 0.66 0.95 (0.56, 1.60) 0.84 1.05 (0.64, 1.75) 0.84 0.90 (0.53, 1.53) 0.70 0.98 (0.58, 1.64) 0.94
Pressure 0.78 (0.52, 1.17) 0.23 0.94 (0.62, 1.43) 0.76 0.93 (0.62, 1.39) 0.72 1.21 (0.79, 1.85) 0.39 1.27 (0.84, 1.92) 0.27
Modeling 0.95 (0.60, 1.50) 0.83 2.14 (1.26, 3.63) <0.01 1.54 (0.95, 2.48) 0.08 0.97 (0.60, 1.57) 0.90 0.88 (0.56, 1.41) 0.60
Monitoring 1.29 (0.64, 2.62) 0.48 0.78 (0.37, 1.67) 0.52 1.42 (0.70, 2.89) 0.33 1.32 (0.64, 2.72) 0.45 0.45 (0.20, 1.02) 0.05
Encouragement 1.87 (0.66, 5.29) 0.24 5.18 (1.63, 16,5) <0.01 5.03 (1.62, 15.7) <0.01 1 (0.33, 3.03) 1.00 0.71 (0.25, 2.06) 0.53
Child control 0.87 (0.45, 1.70) 0.68 0.56 (0.28, 1.12) 0.10 0.73 (0.38, 1.42) 0.36 0.69 (0.33, 1.44) 0.32 1.74 (0.87, 3.49) 0.12
Teaching nutrition 1.79 (1.06, 3.03) 0.03 1.98 (1.14, 3.45) 0.02 1.41 (0.85, 2.34) 0.19 0.71 (0.42, 1.22) 0.22 0.88 (0.53, 1.46) 0.62
Restriction health 0.77 (0.50, 1.17) 0.22 0.95 (0.62, 1.47) 0.82 0.93 (0.62, 1.40) 0.73 0.69 (0.44, 1.08) 0.11 0.91 (0.60, 1.39) 0.67
Restriction weight 1.48 (0.81, 2.71) 0.20 1.33 (0.71, 2.49) 0.37 1.59 (0.88, 2.89) 0.39 0.43 (0.22, 0.83) <0.01 0.64 (0.35, 1.19) 0.54
a

Divided into low or high intake based on median value. Low intake is the reference group.

b

Adjusted for child’s age, and educational level and age of parent. Significant P-values (P < 0.01) in bold.