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Table 2 Child eating behavior, food-category intake and key-food variety-scores in the control and intervention group at child age 12 months

From: Evaluation of an eHealth intervention aiming to promote healthy food habits from infancy -the Norwegian randomized controlled trial Early Food for Future Health

Item

Control mean ± SD (n = 264)a

Intervention mean ± SD (n = 269)b

Difference (95% CI)

p value

Child Eating Behavior Questionnaire c

 Food responsiveness

2.28 ± 0.69

2.44 ± 0.71

0.17 (0.04 to 0.30)

0.010

 Emotional over-eating

1.41 ± 0.49

1.48 ± 0.51

0.07 (− 0.02 to 0.16)

0.15

 Enjoyment of food

3.99 ± 0.62

4.09 ± 0.63

0.10 (− 0.01 to 0.21)

0.086

 Desire to drink

2.09 ± 0.86

2.25 ± 0.88

0.16 (− 0.00 to 0.32)

0.051

 Satiety responsiveness

2.85 ± 0.59

2.78 ± 0.62

− 0.07 (− 0.18 to 0.43)

0.23

 Slowness in eating

2.67 ± 0.61

2.65 ± 0.73

− 0,02 (− 0.14 to 0.10)

0.74

 Emotional under-eating

3.29 ± 0.82

3.27 ± 0.78

− 0.02 (− 0.17 to 0.13)

0.79

 Food fussiness

1.87 ± 0.72

1.87 ± 0.66

0.00 (− 0.13 to 0.13)

0.98

 CEBQ; Food approach dimension

2.44 ± 0.44

2.56 ± 0.44

0.12 (0.04 to 0.20)

0.002

 CEBQ; Food avoidance dimension

2.67 ± 0.43

2.64 ± 0.46

−0.2 (− 0.11 to 0.06)

0.56

 Child Food Neophobia Scale d

9.50  ± 3.91

9.07 ± 3.34

− 0.43 (− 1.09 to 0.23)

0.20

Child food intake, categories e

 Fruit/vegetables, times-per-day score

5.93 ± 2.44

6.44 ± 2.77

0.51 (0.04 to 0.98)

0.035

 Non-core foods/drinks; times-per-day score

0.24 ± 0.23

0.22 ± 0.21

− 0.02 (− 0.06 to 0.02)

0.42

 Commercially prepared dinner; times-per-week score

1.20 ± 1.84

1.00 ± 1.48

− 0.20 (− 0.50 to 0,10)

0.19

 Homemade dinner; times-per-week score

2.54 ± 1.80

2.76 ± 2.68

0.23 (− 0.19 to 0.64)

0.28

Key-food variety-score; number of units tasted f

 Vegetables (n tot = 13)

10.62 ± 2.03

11.05 ± 1.77

0.43 (0.08 to 0.77)

0.015

 Fruit (n tot = 10)

8.41 ± 1.80

8.58 ± 1.57

0.17 (− 0.13 to 0.48)

0.26

  1. Linear regressions are used for between-group comparison of continuous outcomes
  2. a The total number of participants in the analyses vary between 219 and 264 depending on the outcome
  3. b The total number of participants in the analyses vary between 236 and 269 depending on the outcome
  4. c Behavior items rated from 1 (never) to 5 (always) on a five-point Likert scale
  5. d The range of possible responses varies between 6 and 24, with a high score indicating high levels of child food neophobia
  6. e Answer-options never/not tried, ‹ 1/week, 1–2/week, 3–4/week, 5–6/week, 1/day, 2/day, 3/day and ≥ 4/day recoded into a times-per-day/times per week score
  7. f Answer-options never/not tried, ‹ 1/week, 1–2/week, 3–4/week, 5–6/week, 1/day, 2/day, 3/day and ≥ 4/day dichotomized into tasted/not tasted
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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

ISSN: 1479-5868

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