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Table 2 Proportion of picky eaters and overeaters over all 3 ages by selected characteristics

From: Problem eating behaviors related to social factors and body weight in preschool children: A longitudinal study

   

Picky Eating

Overeating

Characteristic

Category

%

Never reported as picky eater

Reported as picky eater at all 3 ages

Never reported as overeater

Reported as overeater at all 3 ages

  

100.00

70.9

5.5

61.0

6.6

Child's sex

Girl

49.51

72.1

4.8

64.7 *

4.4 *

 

Boy

50.49

69.7

6.3

57.3

8.8

Birth weight

Less than 2500 g

4.03

69.0

14.2 *

52.2

11.3

 

2500–4000 g

84.92

70.1

5.2

61.7

6.2

 

More than 4000 g

11.04

77.0

5.1

58.8

7.7

Mother's age group

Less than 25 y

6.85

74.0

5.0

42.9 *

7.9

 

25–29 y

23.14

69.8

3.9

59.0

8.0

 

30–34 y

32.18

71.9

5.9

62.5

7.6

 

35 y or more

37.82

70.4

6.4

64.3

4.7

Mother's immigrant status

Not immigrant

86.65

71.5

5.6

62.6 *

6.4

 

Immigrant

13.35

68.3

5.6

51.4

7.9

Mother's education

No high school diploma

15.70

69.6

4.8

50.3 *

7.1

 

High school diploma

21.87

67.7

6.7

58.2

7.0

 

College diploma

34.93

68.9

5.3

66.1

7.0

 

University diploma

27.50

77.0

5.5

62.9

5.5

Mother's smoking status during pregnancy

Did not smoke during pregnancy

74.97

71.6

5.7

61.7

6.0

 

Smoked during pregnancy

25.03

68.8

5.1

58.7

8.5

Family type

Two-parent family

86.05

71.0

5.3

62.6 *

6.0 *

 

Single-parent family

13.95

71.1

7.0

51.2

10.4

Annual household income

Less than $20,000

10.02

72.6

9.0

43.3 *

12.6 *

 

$20,000–39,999

20.05

64.3

5.4

56.4

6.9

 

$40,000–59,999

26.53

70.5

4.8

62.9

7.5

 

$60,000 or more

43.40

73.7

5.3

66.1

4.7

Income sufficiency

Sufficient

80.30

71.5

4.8 *

64.5 *

5.9*

 

Insufficient

19.70

68.4

8.8

47.4

9.5

Number of overweight/obese parents

0 parent

36.90

68.8

5.9

63.6

4.8 *

 

1 parent

47.37

71.5

4.9

60.8

6.5

 

2 parents

15.73

72.6

6.9

57.4

10.4

Day-care attendance

Not in day-care or being taken care of at home

30.58

73.8

6.3

57.4

5.8

 

Being taken care of at someone else's home

35.37

71.9

4.8

64.4

6.4

 

In a day-care centre

34.05

67.2

5.7

60.4

7.7

Food insufficiency in preschool years

Had never known food insufficiency

93.82

71.3

5.5

61.8*

6.2*

 

Had known food insufficiency

6.18

65.6

5.4

48.6

12.5

  1. * Statistically significant association between the characteristic and the dependent variable (p-value (chi-square)< = 0.05)