Table 1 Characteristics of the Live Well Study Population According to Feeding Style

Socio-demographic Variables

Child Characteristics

Male

220

57.6

40

18.4

71

32.7

69

31.8

37

17.1

Age (mean, SD)

6.0

2.7

6.0

2.6

5.7

2.6

6.4

3.0

6.5

2.7

BMIz-score (mean, SD)*

0.9

1.2

0.7^b

1.2

0.7^b

1.2

1.2^a

1.1

1.0 ^{a .b}

1.2

Overweight/Obese

164

42.7

24

14.6

46

28.1

67

40.9

27

16.5

Maternal Characteristics

Age (mean, SD)

36.0

6.4

37.0

7.3

35.0

5.9

36.6

6.4

35.5

6.5

Education

 Less than high school

119

31.5

19

16.1

37

31.4

39

33.1

23

19.5

 High school, trade/technical school

170

45.0

28

16.6

60

35.5

55

32.5

26

15.4

 Some college/college graduate/graduate

89

23.5

12

13.5

25

28.1

34

38.2

18

20.2

Ethnic group^**

 Brazilian

138

36.0

12

8.8

46

33.6

47

34.3

32

23.4

 Latino

114

29.8

19

17.0

23

20.5

55

49.1

21

16.2

 Haitian

131

34.2

28

21.5

54

41.5

27

20.8

15

13.4

Marital Status

 Never married

115

30.8

20

17.5

37

32.5

43

37.7

14

12.3

 Married

205

55.0

32

15.7

69

33.8

67

32.8

36

17.7

 Separated/Divorced/Widowed

53

14.2

5

9.4

14

26.4

18

34.0

16

30.2

Number of children in the household

 1

124

34.2

14

11.4

37

30.1

46

37.4

26

21.1

 2

156

43.0

30

19.4

48

31.0

49

31.6

28

18.1

 ≥3

83

22.9

12

14.5

33

39.8

28

33.7

10

12.1

Acculturation Variables

Years of residence in US (Mean, SD)

6.0

3.3

5.6

3.3

5.8

3.2

6.3

3.0

6.0

3.4

When you think about your daily life now, where would you place yourself on the scale (1 being more American and 10 being more Brazilian/Latino/Haitian)

(Mean, SD)

7.9

2.2

7.7

2.4

8.1

2.2

7.9

2.3

7.6

2.1

How would you compare the food/physical activity you normally eat/do in the US vs. what you ate/did in your home country?

(Mean score, SD)

14.1

4.6

14.9

4.2

14.3

4.7

13.7

4.4

14.1

5.1

BMI (kg/m²) (Mean, SD)

28.7

5.8

28.6

6.2

27.6

5.1

29.3

5.8

29.5

6.4

Behavioral Variables

Perceived Stess Scale (mean, SD)*

16.9

5.9

17.5

5.5

17.7^a

5.5

15.6^b

6.0

17.5

6.2

Depression scale (mean, SD)

15.0

9.9

15.9

10.6

15.9

9.5

13.2

10.0

15.7

9.5