Table 1.
Demographics of 141 caregivers and their children participating in an ongoing longitudinal intervention designed to explore motivation to eat in young children.
| Caregivers | n | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Age (years), mean ± SD | 32.6 ± 4.4 | |
| Sex (female), n (%) | 141 (100) | |
| Prepregnancy BMI (kg/m2)a, mean ± SD | 140 | 28.3 ± 7.2 |
| Baseline BMI (kg/m2)a, mean ± SD | 30.7 ± 7.7 | |
| Race and ethnicity, n (%) | 137 | |
| American Indian | 2 (1.4) | |
| Asian | 2 (1.4) | |
| Black | 5 (3.7) | |
| White, non-Hispanic | 122 (89.1) | |
| Multiracial | 6 (4.4) | |
| Education, n (%) | 139 | |
| High school diploma or some college | 22 (15.8) | |
| College graduate | 117 (84.2) | |
| Parity, mean ± SD | 1.6 ± 0.98 | |
| Household size, mean ± SD | 135 | 3.7 ± 0.95 |
| Child | ||
| Baseline age (months), mean ± SD | 11.9 ± 1.9 | |
| Sex (female), n (%) | 78 (55.3) | |
| Birth weight (kg), mean ± SD | 3.5 ± 0.53 | |
| Birth WFL z-scoreb, mean ± SD | −0.79 ± 1.5 | |
| Baseline weight (kg), mean ± SD | 9.4 ± 1.2 | |
| Baseline length (cm), mean ± SD | 73.0 ± 3.8 | |
| Baseline WFL z-scoreb, mean ± SD | 0.57 ± 0.86 | |
| High WFL (WHO > 97.7), n (%)b | 41 (29.1) | |
| Breastfeeding duration (months), mean ± SD | 7.7 ± 4.6 | |
| Solid food introduction (age in months), mean ± SD | 5.3 ± 1.0 |
a
BMI, body mass index
b
WFL, weight-for-length; Calculated using WHO reference standards.35