Table 4 Partial correlations between parental feeding practices scales and children’s BMI percentiles, controlling for parents’ acculturation, occupational status, and parents’ BMI
From: Parental feeding practices in Mexican American families: initial test of an expanded measure
|  | Children’s BMI |
|---|---|
Mothers’ feeding practices |  |
Positive involvement in child eating | -.18* |
Pressure to eat | -.32*** |
Use of food to control behavior | -.09 |
Restriction of amount of food | .34*** |
Fathers’ feeding practices |  |
Positive involvement in child eating | -.04 |
Pressure to eat | -.33*** |
Use of food to control behavior | -.19* |
Restriction of amount of food | .35*** |