| Problem scale | Confidence scale | ||||||||||
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 | Healthy weight | Overweight + obese |  |  | Healthy weight | Overweight + obese |  |  | ||||
(N = 242) | (N = 31) | Â | Â | (N = 242) | (N = 31) | Â | Â | |||||
Item My child… | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | F | p | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | F | p |
1. Eats too quickly | 1.24 | 0.65 | 1.81 | 1.33 | 15.11 | <0.001 | 8.72 | 1.42 | 8.29 | 1.70 | 2.40 | 0.123 |
2. Eats too much food | 1.33 | 0.78 | 2.45 | 1.59 | 42.30 | <0.001 | 8.58 | 1.51 | 8.03 | 1.70 | 3.48 | 0.063 |
3. Eats unhealthy snacks | 1.93 | 0.95 | 2.74 | 1.55 | 17.20 | <0.001 | 8.34 | 1.48 | 7.48 | 1.75 | 8.78 | 0.003 |
4. Whinges or whines about food | 2.45 | 1.24 | 2.84 | 1.37 | 2.57 | 0.110 | 8.15 | 1.43 | 7.74 | 1.79 | 2.09 | 0.150 |
5. Yells about food | 1.28 | 0.81 | 1.29 | 0.90 | 0.00 | 0.952 | 8.85 | 1.10 | 9.01 | 0.95 | 0.64 | 0.425 |
6. Throws a tantrum about food | 1.24 | 0.76 | 1.45 | 1.23 | 1.88 | 0.172 | 8.44 | 1.75 | 8.35 | 2.04 | 0.06 | 0.808 |
7. Refuses to eat certain foods (i.e. fussy eating) | 2.62 | 1.53 | 2.63 | 1.70 | 0.00 | 0.966 | 7.98 | 1.78 | 7.81 | 1.70 | 0.28 | 0.600 |
8. Argues about food (e.g. when you say No more) | 1.54 | 0.89 | 1.81 | 0.95 | 2.35 | 0.126 | 8.44 | 1.54 | 8.06 | 1.48 | 1.67 | 0.197 |
9. Demands extra helpings at meals | 1.19 | 0.61 | 1.61 | 0.84 | 12.04 | 0.001 | 8.68 | 1.46 | 8.48 | 1.41 | 0.51 | 0.476 |
10. Requests food continuously between meals | 1.63 | 0.93 | 2.52 | 1.63 | 20.41 | <0.001 | 8.49 | 1.40 | 8.13 | 1.50 | 1.82 | 0.178 |
11. Demands food when shopping or on outings | 1.55 | 0.86 | 1.77 | 1.02 | 1.81 | 0.180 | 8.63 | 1.42 | 8.55 | 1.23 | 0.10 | 0.754 |
12. Sneaks food when they know they are not supposed to | 1.35 | 0.79 | 1.84 | 1.53 | 8.00 | 0.005 | 8.38 | 1.67 | 7.84 | 1.99 | 2.73 | 0.100 |
13. Hides food | 1.16 | 0.57 | 1.35 | 1.08 | 2.56 | 0.111 | 8.43 | 1.71 | 7.97 | 1.87 | 1.94 | 0.165 |
14. Steals food (e.g. from other children’s lunchboxes) | 1.12 | 0.67 | 1.26 | 1.13 | 1.02 | 0.315 | 8.44 | 1.81 | 8.23 | 1.65 | 0.39 | 0.535 |
15. Eats food to comfort themselves when feeling let down or depressed | 1.19 | 0.74 | 1.74 | 1.37 | 12.08 | 0.001 | 8.36 | 1.81 | 8.03 | 1.85 | 0.87 | 0.351 |
16. Watches too much television | 2.36 | 1.14 | 3.19 | 1.60 | 13.43 | <0.001 | 8.03 | 1.48 | 7.39 | 1.65 | 5.09 | 0.025 |
17. Spends too much time playing video or computer games | 1.90 | 1.16 | 2.48 | 1.36 | 6.62 | 0.011 | 8.23 | 1.40 | 7.90 | 1.51 | 1.46 | 0.228 |
18. Complains about doing physical activity (e.g. This is boring, I’m too tired, My leg hurts) | 1.71 | 1.07 | 2.48 | 1.69 | 12.43 | <0.001 | 8.22 | 1.64 | 7.52 | 2.03 | 4.78 | 0.030 |
19. Refuses to do physical activity | 1.32 | 0.88 | 2.26 | 1.79 | 23.22 | <0.001 | 8.38 | 1.65 | 7.74 | 2.16 | 3.76 | 0.054 |
20. Complains about being unfit or feeling low in energy | 1.21 | 0.71 | 1.58 | 0.99 | 6.68 | 0.010 | 8.53 | 1.58 | 8.00 | 1.63 | 3.04 | 0.082 |
21. Complains about being overweight | 1.24 | 0.84 | 1.97 | 1.58 | 16.19 | <0.001 | 8.42 | 1.71 | 7.74 | 1.95 | 4.23 | 0.041 |
22. Complains about being teased | 1.57 | 1.07 | 1.74 | 1.09 | 0.79 | 0.376 | 7.85 | 1.87 | 7.84 | 2.08 | 0.00 | 0.981 |
23. Complains about not having enough friends | 1.33 | 0.82 | 1.55 | 1.00 | 1.80 | 0.181 | 7.90 | 1.86 | 8.03 | 1.91 | 0.15 | 0.704 |
24. Complains about being unattractive | 1.21 | 0.69 | 1.29 | 0.74 | 0.38 | 0.539 | 8.14 | 1.79 | 8.26 | 1.55 | 0.11 | 0.737 |
25. Complains about not fitting into clothes | 1.17 | 0.65 | 1.55 | 1.06 | 7.76 | 0.006 | 8.50 | 1.65 | 8.23 | 1.54 | 0.78 | 0.378 |