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Table 3 Mean (SD) values for Child Eating Behavior Questionnaire, Child Feeding Questionnaire and Lifestyle Behavior Checklist among children with thinness, normal weight, overweight and obesity

From: Picky eating in Swedish preschoolers of different weight status: application of two new screening cut-offs

  

Thinness

Normal weight

Overweight

Obesity

Differences between weight groups (SEM-analysis)

N

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

P-value

P-value adj*

Child Eating Behavior Questionnaire

 Food fussiness

1272

2.9a

0.8

2.9a

0.8

2.9a

0.8

2.6b

0.7

0.001

< 0.001

 Enjoyment of food

1257

3.2a

0.7

3.3b

0.7

3.4b

0.7

4.0c

0.7

< 0.001

< 0.001

 Emotional overeating

1248

1.5a

0.6

1.4a

0.5

1.5a

0.5

2.0b

0.9

< 0.001

< 0.001

 Satiety responsiveness

1244

3.5a

0.6

3.3b

0.6

3.0c

0.6

2.5d

0.7

< 0.001

< 0.001

 Slowness in eating

1266

3.3a

0.8

3.0b

0.8

2.8b

0.8

2.3c

0.8

< 0.001

< 0.001

 Desire to drink

1260

2.3a

1.0

2.0b

0.8

2.3a

1.0

2.6c

1.0

< 0.001

< 0.001

 Emotional undereating

1253

3.1a

0.9

2.9a

0.9

2.9a

0.9

2.5b

0.8

< 0.001

< 0.001

 Food responsiveness

1258

1.6a

0.5

1.7a

0.5

2.0b

0.8

2.9c

1.0

< 0.001

< 0.001

Child Feeding Questionnaire

 Perceived responsibility

1252

4.0

0.7

3.9

0.7

3.9

0.7

4.0

0.8

0.050

.471

 Perceived parental weight

1237

3.0a

0.4

3.0b

0.4

3.1c

0.3

3.4d

0.5

< 0.001

.440

 Perceived child weight

1256

2.7a

0.5

3.0b

0.4

3.1c

0.4

3.5d

0.5

< 0.001

< 0.001

 Concern

1254

1.3a

0.7

1.2a

0.6

1.8b

1.0

3.3c

1.2

< 0.001

< 0.001

 Restriction

1225

2.4a

0.9

2.5a

0.9

3.1b

1.0

3.6c

0.9

< 0.001

< 0.001

 Pressure to eat

1253

3.1a

0.9

2.8b

0.9

2.6c

0.9

2.3d

0.9

< 0.001

< 0.001

 Monitoring

1261

3.8

0.9

3.8

0.9

4.0

0.7

4.0

0.8

0.610

0.181

Lifestyle Behavior Checklist

 Overeating

501

1.4a

0.4

1.4a

0.4

2.1b

0.9

3.1c

1.3

< 0.001

< 0.001

 Physical activity

503

1.7ab

1.0

1.6a

0.9

2.1b

1.4

2.5c

1.6

< 0.001

< 0.001

 Emotional correlates of being overweight

505

1.1ab

0.3

1.1a

0.3

1.3b

0.5

2.0c

1.3

< 0.001

< 0.001

 Screen time

508

3.0ac

1.6

2.5b

1.3

2.9ab

1.6

3.5c

1.5

< 0.001

0.032

 Misbehavior in relation to food

505

1.5ab

0.8

1.4a

0.7

1.9bc

1.4

2.3c

1.7

< 0.001

< 0.001

  1. SEM Structural Equation modelling
  2. a-dDifferent superscript letters indicate significant differences for a specific subscale between weight status groups in the unadjusted model
  3. *Adjusted for parental BMI, age, gender, education, foreign background, child age and child gender
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