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Table 4 Adjusted models comparing picky and non-picky eaters in specific weight groups, using the cut-off 3.0 in the Food Fussiness subscale of the Child Eating Behavior Questionnaire

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

  

Thinness

Normal weight

Overweight

Obesity

Overall P**

n

Coeff.

P-value*

Coeff.

P-value*

Coeff.

P-value*

Coeff.

P-value*

Child Eating Behavior Questionnaire

 Enjoyment of food

1183

−2.924

< 0.001

−3.089

< 0.001

−2.655

< 0.001

−2.501

< 0.001

0.743

 Emotional overeating

1183

−0.149

0.710

0.114

0.563

0.374

0.424

0.574

0.232

0.661

 Satiety responsiveness

1183

1.217

< 0.001

1.154

< 0.001

1.201

< 0.001

0.758

0.021

0.676

 Slowness in eating

1183

1.078

0.002

1.080

< 0.001

1.109

0.024

0.835

0.066

0.966

 Desire to drink

1183

−0.284

0.258

0.432

0.037

0.400

0.530

−0.870

0.086

0.074

 Emotional undereating

1183

0.455

0.245

1.333

< 0.001

2.327

< 0.001

1.414

0.004

0.046

 Food responsiveness

1183

−0.253

0.301

−0.251

0.067

−0.598

0.190

−1.236

0.006

0.183

Child Feeding Questionnaire

 Perceived responsibility

1176

0.161

0.824

−0.331

0.259

−0.049

0.213

−0.624

0.472

0.752

 Perceived parental weight

1178

−0.118

0.665

−0.123

0.302

−0.173

0.601

−0.178

0.501

0.997

 Perceived child weight

1177

−0.208

0.696

−0.478

0.140

0.129

0.820

−0.611

0.042

0.693

 Concern about child weight

1175

−0.455

0.359

0.036

0.903

−0.446

0.424

−0.526

0.294

0.698

 Restriction

1177

−0.545

0.172

0.272

0.149

0.036

0.936

−0.232

0.618

0.265

 Pressure to eat

1177

0.626

0.029

0.941

< 0.001

0.324

0.285

0.318

0.229

0.070

 Monitoring

1176

−1.092

0.023

−0.060

0.781

0.106

0.837

−1.095

0.059

0.090

Lifestyle Behavior Checklist

 Overeating

497

0.377

0.250

0.270

0.053

−0.229

0.594

− 0.198

0.539

0.374

 Physical activity

494

2.686

0.022

1.426

0.002

3.184

0.016

0.726

0.313

0.348

 Emotional correlates of overweighta

495

− 1.557

0.324

0.946

0.021

1.362

0.045

0.698

0.124

0.362

 Screen Time

494

1.561

0.145

0.714

0.037

1.093

0.293

0.865

0.018

0.882

 Misbehavior in relation to fooda

497

1.917

0.002

1.400

0.001

1.838

0.110

0.380

0.658

0.538

  1. Structural Equation Model is adjusted for parental BMI, age, gender, education, foreign background, child age and child gender
  2. All boldface coefficients correspond to a significant p-value (<0.05)
  3. a not adjusted for parental age, due to non-converging model
  4. *p < .05 indicate significant difference between picky and non-picky eaters for subscale in the specific weight status group
  5. **p < .05 indicate significant differences among the four weight status groups in the associations between picky eating and a specific subscale
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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

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