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Table 4 Longitudinal predictors of child eating behaviours (N = 156)

From: Maternal feeding practices, child eating behaviour and body mass index in preschool-aged children: a prospective analysis

 

Time 2 Eating behaviour (Mean age 4.3 years)

Time 1 predictors

 

Standardised Beta (p)

 

(Mean age 3.3 years)

Food responsivenessb

Food fussinessb

Interest in foodb

Step 1

R 2 Change = .42 (p < .001)

R 2 Change = .46 (p < .001)

R 2 Change = .06 (n.s.)

Eating behaviourc

-.63 (< .001)

.67 (< .001)

.22 (.014)

Child age

.12 (n.s.)

-.14 (n.s.)

.03 (n.s.)

Child gender

-.12 (n.s.)

-.10 (n.s.)

.10 (n.s.)

Maternal age

-.04 (n.s.)

-.09 (n.s.)

.01 (n.s.)

Maternal BMI

.07 (n.s.)

.02 (n.s.)

-.07 (n.s.)

Maternal education

.02 (n.s.)

.06 (n.s.)

-.03 (n.s.)

Step 2

R 2 Change = .01 (n.s.)

R 2 Change = .04 (p < .05)

R 2 Change = .13 (p < .05)

Pressure to eata

.00 (n.s.)

.01 (n.s.)

-.25 (.005)

Restrictiona

.06 (n.s.)

.04 (n.s.)

-.02 (n.s.)

Monitoringa

-.09 (n.s.)

.07 (n.s.)

-.04 (n.s.)

Model healthy

-.01 (n.s.)

-.23 (.002)

.25 (.010)

  1. Abbreviation: n.s., not significant (p > .05)
  2. a Child Feeding Questionnaire
  3. b Child Eating Behaviour Questionnaire
  4. c Refers to the Time 1 measurement of the same eating behaviour variable used as the Time 2 outcome variable