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Table 3 Proportion of children by BMI category1 at 4.5 years and by eating behaviour

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

Behaviour

Category

Underweight (< 10 th percentile)

Normal weight (10–84.9 th percentile)

At risk for overweight (85–94.9 th percentile)

Overweight (> = 95 th percentile)

Total

 

15.2

64.4

11.3

9.0

Picky eaters

Never reported as picky eater

13.2*

64.0

12.9*

9.9

 

Reported as picky eater once or twice

18.3

67.3

7.6

6.9

 

Reported as picky eater at all three ages

26.8

57.6

7.9

7.7

Overeaters

Never reported as overeater

18.2*

68.5

8.4*

4.9*

 

Reported as overeater once or twice

11.3

60.1

15.5

13.1

 

Reported as overeater at all three ages

6.8

47.9

18.3

27.1

  1. 1 Percentiles from the BMI on the CDC USA Growth curves (age & sex specific curves)
  2. * Statistically significant association between the characteristic and the dependant variable (p-value (chi-square) < = 0.05)