Table 1 Population characteristics at baseline

Number of mother/child pairs

1142

Maternal characteristics

 Age at delivery (years)

30 ± 5

 Pre-pregnancy BMI (kg/m²)

23.4 ± 4.6

 From Poitiers recruitment centre (%)

638 (56)

 University degree (%)

658 (58)

Newborn characteristics

 Boys (%)

612 (54)

 Gestational age (weeks)

39.3 ± 1.7

 Birthweight (kg)

3.3 ± 0.5

 Any breastfeeding duration (months)

3.3 ± 3.7

 Age of complementary food introduction (months)

4.5 ± 1.6

Maternal food intake before pregnancy

 Fruit and vegetables (times/day)

3.4 ± 2.7

 Meat, fish and eggs (times/day)

1.0 ± 0.3

 Cakes (times/day)

0.6 ± 0.6

 Cheese (times/day)

0.7 ± 0.3

Parental feeding practices at 2y (score ranked from 1 to 5)

 Restriction for weight

1.7 ± 0.6

 Child control

2.3 ± 0.7

Average food neophobia between 1 to 4y (score ranked from 1 to 4)

2.1 ± 0.6

 Food neophobia score at 1y

1.6 ± 0.6

 Food neophobia score at 2y

2.0 ± 0.9

 Food neophobia score at 3y

2.1 ± 0.8

 Food neophobia score at 4y

2.1 ± 0.8

Child’s food intake at 3y

 Fruit and vegetables (times/day)

1.1 ± 0.6

 Meat, fish, eggs (times/day)

1.2 ± 0.4

 Dairy products (times/day)

2.5 ± 0.5

 Dessert (times/day)

1.3 ± 0.3

Child’s food liking at 5y (score ranked from 0 to 10)

 Fruit and vegetables

6.4 ± 2.0

 Meat, fish and eggs

6.4 ± 2.3

 Cheese

4.0 ± 4.2

 Dessert

6.7 ± 2.9