Table 2.
Associations between parental education, food parenting practices and dietary intake in children, n 6705
| Food parenting practices | Parental education | Water | Fruits and vegetables | Sugar-rich foods | Savoury snacks | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adj. R2 | β | P value | Adj. R2 | β | P value | Adj. R2 | β | P value | Adj. R2 | β | P value | Adj. R2 | β | P value | |
| Positive food parenting practices | |||||||||||||||
| HA fruit | 0·082 | 0·144 | <0·001 | 0·188 | 0·057 | <0·001 | 0·120 | 0·290 | <0·001 | 0·147 | −0·046 | <0·001 | 0·128 | −0·088 | <0·001 |
| HA fresh fruit juice | 0·123 | 0·028 | 0·026 | 0·185 | −0·010 | 0·417 | 0·094 | 0·240 | <0·001 | 0·149 | −0·060 | <0·001 | 0·121 | −0·025 | 0·061 |
| HA vegetables | 0·121 | 0·097 | <0·001 | 0·188 | 0·055 | <0·001 | 0·112 | 0·281 | <0·001 | 0·146 | −0·026 | 0·030 | 0·124 | −0·063 | <0·001 |
| Parental modelling of fruit intake | 0·041 | 0·026 | 0·044 | 0·193 | 0·094 | <0·001 | 0·191 | 0·393 | <0·001 | 0·152 | −0·080 | <0·001 | 0·125 | −0·064 | <0·001 |
| Negative food parenting practices | |||||||||||||||
| HA sugar juices | 0·071 | −0·088 | <0·001 | 0·191 | −0·079 | <0·001 | 0·044 | −0·039 | 0·001 | 0·201 | 0·243 | <0·001 | 0·141 | 0·148 | <0·001 |
| HA soft drinks | 0·212 | −0·122 | <0·001 | 0·192 | −0·097 | <0·001 | 0·050 | −0·095 | <0·001 | 0·197 | 0·257 | <0·001 | 0·152 | 0·202 | <0·001 |
| HA light soft drinks | 0·184 | 0·003 | 0·813 | 0·186 | −0·034 | 0·005 | 0·043 | 0·015 | 0·254 | 0·147 | 0·038 | 0·002 | 0·123 | 0·050 | <0·001 |
| HA sweets | 0·195 | 0·007 | 0·568 | 0·189 | −0·059 | <0·001 | 0·048 | −0·084 | <0·001 | 0·267 | 0·388 | <0·001 | 0·148 | 0·186 | <0·001 |
| HA salty snacks | 0·233 | −0·079 | <0·001 | −0·186 | −0·043 | 0·001 | 0·047 | −0·077 | <0·001 | 0·199 | 0·263 | <0·001 | 0·245 | 0·410 | <0·001 |
| Permissiveness | 0·084 | −0·078 | <0·001 | −0·192 | −0·089 | <0·001 | 0·051 | −0·093 | <0·001 | 0·229 | 0·302 | <0·001 | 0·182 | 0·258 | <0·001 |
| Using food as a reward* | 0·072 | −0·099 | <0·001 | 0·189 | −0·063 | <0·001 | 0·045 | −0·050 | <0·001 | 0·182 | 0·198 | <0·001 | 0·159 | 0·202 | <0·001 |
| Children’s food intake | |||||||||||||||
| Water | 0·185 | 0·041 | 0·001 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| Fruit and vegetables | 0·043 | 0·053 | <0·001 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| Sugar-rich foods | 0·146 | −0·052 | <0·001 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| Salty snacks and fast food | 0·121 | −0·123 | <0·001 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
β , Standardised coefficients; HA, home availability.
n 6705, except for salty snacks and fast food (savoury snacks), n 5765.
Individual linear regressions were performed using the log-transformed scales of outcome variables and were adjusted for country and parental and children’s sex, age and BMI.
Parental education was also included as covariate to test the associations between FPP and dietary intake.
Boldface indicates statistical significance.