Table 6 Cross-lagged panel models: girls’ and boys’ weight-height ratio (WHtR) predicting parental feeding practices
|  | Mothers’ feeding practices | Fathers’ feeding practices | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cross-lagged effects | Girls’ WHtR | Boys’ WHtR | Girls’ WHtR | Boys’ WHtR |
|  | β | β | β | β |
Baseline child WHtR → Year 1 feeding practices | ||||
 Restriction | 0.06 | −0.00 | 0.07 | −0.02 |
 Pressure | −0.04 | −0.20** | −0.02 | 0.01 |
 Use food to control | −0.04 | −0.03 | na | na |
 Positive involvement | na | na | −0.04 | -0.03 |
Year 1 child WHtR → Year 2 feeding practices | ||||
 Restriction | 0.00 | 0.19* | 0.07 | 0.03 |
 Pressure | −0.10 | −0.06 | −0.20* | −0.07 |
 Use food to control | −0.05 | −0.31*** | na | na |
 Positive involvement | na | na | −0.23** | 0.09 |