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Table 4 Associations between maternal concern about child weight, child media use and media parenting practices among mothers of 5-year old children, N = 310a,b,c

From: Associations between maternal concern about child’s weight and related behaviours and maternal weight-related parenting practices: a cross-sectional study

Maternal concern

Media parenting practices

Co-participation

Behaviour Regulation

Opportunities

β (95% CI)

β (95% CI)

β (95% CI)

Child weight

 No concern

--- (ref)

--- (ref)

--- (ref)

 Weigh too little

−0.16 (− 0.56, 0.24)

0.21 (0.04, 0.39)

0.24 (− 0.07, 0.54)

 Weigh too much

− 0.17(− 0.81, 0.47)

0.03 (− 0.38, 0.43)

−0.06 (− 0.39, 0.28)

Child media

 No concern

--- (ref)

--- (ref)

--- (ref)

 Too much media

0.02 (−0.28, 0.32)

0.40 (0.26, 0.52)

0.23 (0.05, 0.42)

  1. aAll estimates are adjusted for maternal education, language spoken at home, maternal weight status, treatment condition
  2. bWhen 95% CI does not include 0.0 (or 1.0 in the case of the OR), the estimate and 95% CI are bolded
  3. cNumbers vary slightly due to missing data