The feeding practices and structure questionnaire: construction and initial validation in a sample of Australian first-time mothers and their 2-year olds

Table 4 Correlations between feeding practices (weighted composite scores), eating behaviours (mean scores) and child WAZ measured at child age 2 years

	Satiety responsiveness & slowness eating	Fussiness	Food responsiveness	Enjoyment food	Emotional undereating	Emotional overeating	Desire drink	Child weight-for-age z-score
	(n = 461)	(n = 461)	(n = 461)	(n = 461)	(n = 461)	(n = 460)	(n = 461)	(n = 458)
Distrust in appetite	-.081	.139**	.153**	-.085	.097*	.225***	.162***	.017
Reward for behaviour	.030	.162***	.339***	-.088	.222***	.386***	.116*	.028
Reward for eating	.101*	.286***	.193***	-.202***	.205***	.287***	.119*	.021
Persuasive feeding	.108*	.266***	.181***	-.173***	.260***	.263***	.197***	-.034
Covert restriction	.025	.005	-.016	.016	.047	-.047	-.020	-.035
Overt restriction	.173***	.132**	.258***	-.074	.180***	.167***	.119*	-.033
Structured meal setting	-.162***	-.142**	-.032	.245***	-.153**	-.136**	-.063	.059
Structured meal timing	-.045	-.048	.012	.074	.093*	-.044	-.050	-.021
Family meal setting	-.014	-.397***	-.017	.286***	-.154**	-.126**	-.087	-.026

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