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. 2022 Dec 6;22:2286. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-14621-8

Table 4.

Comparison of eating behaviours of children in different dietary literacy of daily diet providers

Dietary literacy Satiety responsiveness
Mean SD
Slowness in eating
Mean SD
Food fussiness
Mean SD
Food responsiveness
Mean SD
Enjoyment of food
Mean SD
Desire to drink
Mean SD
Emotional undereating
Mean SD
Emotional overeating
Mean SD
Attitude
 Low score 12.7 3.7 10.3 3.5 16.1 4.1 11.4 4.2 13.1 3.8 6.6 3.0 10.3 3.3 8.2 3.5
 Moderate score 12.4 3.3 10.0 3.2 15.2 4.1 10.4 3.9 13.8 3.7 6.1 2.9 10.0 3.1 7.2 3.0
 High score 11.9 2.9 9.6 3.2 14.2 4.2 10.1 4.0 14.5 4.1 5.9 2.8 9.8 3.4 6.3 2.9
 F 3.17 1.79 9.74 6.77 6.64 2.91 1.06 18.6
 p .042 .167  < .001 .001 .001 .055 .347  < .001
Behaviour
 Low score 12.8 3.5 10.1 3.3 15.9 4.1 11.1 4.0 13.2 3.7 6.7 3.1 10.3 3.3 7.9 3.2
 Moderate score 12.4 3.2 10.1 3.3 15.3 4.0 10.6 4.0 13.8 3.6 6.1 2.8 10.0 3.1 7.2 3.1
 High score 11.9 3.5 9.8 3.3 14.3 4.6 9.7 3.6 14.2 4.3 5.8 3.0 9.7 3.4 6.7 3.1
 F 3.85 0.77 7.82 7.11 3.80 5.74 1.84 7.84
 p .022 .466  < .001 .001 .023 .003 .159  < .001
Skill
 Low score 12.9 3.3 10.5 3.5 16.7 4.3 11.1 4.0 13.4 3.5 7.0 3.2 10.1 3.4 7.5 3.4
 Moderate score 12.6 3.3 10.0 3.3 15.2 3.8 10.7 3.9 13.6 3.6 6.1 2.7 10.1 3.1 7.3 3.1
 High score 12.0 3.4 9.7 3.0 14.0 4.4 9.7 4.0 14.5 4.3 5.6 3.0 9.7 3.4 7.0 3.2
 F 3.74 4.23 25.47 7.28 5.56 12.72 1.26 1.94
 p .024 .015  < .001 .001 .004  < .001 .283 .144
Environment
 Low score 13.0 3.6 10.3 3.3 16.0 4.0 11.2 4.2 13.0 3.8 6.5 2.9 10.2 3.2 7.9 3.4
 Moderate score 12.4 3.3 10.0 3.4 15.2 4.2 10.6 3.9 13.9 3.7 6.3 3.0 10.1 3.2 7.2 3.0
 High score 11.6 3.0 9.9 3.0 14.6 4.2 9.5 3.8 14.1 4.0 5.3 2.6 9.3 3.3 6.6 3.2
 F 8.81 0.87 5.95 10.22 6.92 10.90 5.88 9.44
 p  < .001 .419 .003  < .001 .001  < .001 .003  < .001
Total score
 Low score 12.9 3.6 10.3 3.3 16.2 4.1 11.6 4.0 13.2 3.5 6.6 3.0 10.4 3.4 8.1 3.4
 Moderate score 12.4 3.3 10.0 3.3 15.3 4.0 10.6 4.0 13.7 3.7 6.2 2.8 10.0 3.8 7.2 3.0
 High score 11.8 3.1 9.8 3.2 14.2 4.5 9.4 3.6 14.4 4.2 5.6 3.0 9.6 3.4 6.6 3.0
 F 6.96 1.30 14.05 18.73 6.12 6.99 3.35 14.85
 p .001 .274  < .001  < .001 .002 .001 .036  < .001

The cut-offs of dietary literacy are the same as Table 2; The df of analysis of variance between groups and within groups are 2 and 1040, respectively