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Table 4 Maternal feeding practices 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

Adjusted Mean Differencec(95% CI)

P value

Infant feeding Questionnaire (IFQ) d

 Awareness of infant satiety and hunger cues

4.14 ± 0.61

4.08 ± 0.60

− 0.02 (− 0.12 to 0.08)

0.65

 Using food to calm fussiness

2.10 ± 0.70

2.13 ± 0.68

0.03 (− 0.09 to 0.15)

0.61

 Feeding on schedule

3.03 ± 0.78

3.05 ± 0.75

0.003 (− 0.13 to 0.14)

0.96

 Concern about infant under-eating and being underweight

1.90 ± 0.81

1.84 ± 0.76

− 0.09 (0.28 to 0.48)

0.18

 Concern about infant over-eating and being overweight

1.53 ± 0.64

1.56 ± 0.66

0.02 (− 0.08 to 0.13)

0.68

  1. Multiple 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 Adjusted for the respective IFQ baseline-scores
  5. d IFQ: 5-point likert-style scale (1 = never, 2 = rarely, 3 = sometimes, 4 = often, 5 = always)