Maternal feeding practices and fussy eating in toddlerhood: a discordant twin analysis

Table 4 Differences in ‘food fussiness’ and maternal feeding practices for twins discordant in ‘food fussiness’ (n = 247)

	Fussy twin n = 247	Less fussy twin n = 247	p value
	Mean (SD)		p value
Food Fussiness^a (range 1–5)	2.95 (.68)	2.00 (.60)	<.001
Instrumental feeding^b (range 1–5)	1.31 (.49)	1.30 (.46)	.010
Pressure to eat^c (range 1–5)	2.37 (.74)	2.23 (.69)	<.001
Restriction^d (range 1–7)	5.12 (1.26)	5.13 (1.26)	.176

Subscales are from the ^aCEBQ [25]; ^bPFSQ [23]; ^cCFQ [12]; and ^dPoppets scale [24]

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