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Table 5 Adjusted models comparing picky and non-picky eaters in specific weight groups, using the cut-off 3.3 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

−3.031

< 0.001

−3.261

< 0.001

− 2.979

< 0.001

− 2.793

0.001

0.905

 Emotional overeating

1183

0.580

0.169

−0.057

0.787

−0.293

0.547

0.693

0.269

0.341

 Satiety responsiveness

1183

0.865

0.001

1.257

< 0.001

1.239

< 0.001

0.865

0.034

0.451

 Slowness in eating

1183

1.169

0.001

1.051

< 0.001

1.591

< 0.001

1.260

0.035

0.789

 Desire to drink

1183

−0.009

0.984

0.224

0.314

0.525

0.427

−0.801

0.237

0.472

 Emotional undereating

1183

0.842

0.042

1.424

< 0.001

1.368

0.026

1.605

0.012

0.621

 Food responsiveness

1183

−0.170

0.515

−0.422

0.004

−1.152

0.015

−0.889

0.138

0.267

Child Feeding Questionnaire

 Perceived responsibilitya

1182

0.002

0.997

−0.125

0.673

−0.502

0.540

−1.529

0.161

0.647

 Perceived parental weight

1178

−0.012

0.996

0.037

0.771

0.345

0.326

−0.084

0.808

0.819

 Perceive child weight

1177

−0.354

0.530

−0.450

0.191

0.329

0.578

−0.421

0.289

0.714

 Concern about child weight

1175

0.009

0.986

−0.007

0.982

−0.046

0.937

−0.234

0.727

0.991

 Restrictiona

1183

−0.342

0.409

0.251

0.207

0.016

0.973

0.009

0.988

0.616

 Pressure to eat

1177

0.663

0.029

0.932

< 0.001

0.364

0.247

0.890

0.007

0.383

 Monitoring

1176

−0.447

0.382

−0.083

0.720

0.188

0.728

−0.728

0.343

0.713

Lifestyle Behavior Checklist

 Overeating

497

0.230

0.486

0.240

0.103

−0.535

0.227

−0.307

0.486

0.266

 Physical activity

494

2.957

0.017

1.955

< 0.001

3.048

0.028

0.465

0.634

0.357

 Emotional correlates of overweight

494

−0.377

0.798

0.800

0.036

1.128

0.053

0.324

0.611

0.630

 Screen Time

494

2.349

0.034

0.450

0.210

1.337

0.207

0.465

0.007

0.226

 Misbehavior in relation to foodb

510

2.262

0.002

1.573

< 0.001

2.049

0.057

1.772

0.113

0.869

  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. b unadjusted model, adjusted model did not converge
  5. *p < .05 indicate significant difference between picky and non-picky eaters for subscale in the specific weight status group
  6. **p < .05 indicate significant differences among the four weight groups in the associations between picky eating and a specific subscale
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