Table 1 General characteristics of the ROLO mother and child dyads at the 5-year follow-up

Maternal characteristics

 Mothers age at 5-year follow-up

306

3.90

 Maternal BMI at 5-year follow-up (kg/m²)^a

292

(22.77, 28.23)

Maternal BMI category^b

 Underweight (< 18.5 kg/m²) n (%)

4 (1.4)

 Healthy (18.5–24.9 kg/m²) n (%)

143 (49.0)

-

 Overweight (25–29.9 kg/m²) n (%)

97 (33.2)

-

 Obesity (≥ 30 kg/m²) n (%)

48 (16.4)

-

 Completed third level education or above n (%)

173 (61.8)

-

  Third level and Advantaged n (%)

145 (51.8)

-

 Third level and Disadvantaged n (%)

30 (10.7)

-

  Less than third level and advantaged n (%)

77 (27.6)

-

  Less than third level and disadvantaged n (%)

37 (10.0)

-

Child characteristics

  Child age (years)

306

0.15

  Child sex (male), n (%)

141 (46.5)

  Child BMI z-score

293

0.87

 Healthy weight (> -2 and <  + 1SD) n (%)^c

223 (76.1)

-

 Overweight (> + 1 SD) n (%)^c

58 (19.8)

-

 Obese (> + 2 SD) n (%)^c

12 (4.1)

-

Child early feeding and eating behaviours

 Some breastfeeding exposure n (%)

208 (68.0)

-

  Age of introduction of solids (weeks)

298

6.70

  Met recommendations for timing of introduction to solids n (%)

255 (83.3)

-

 Food Responsiveness (FR) (5 items)

306

0.82

 Emotional Overeating (EOE) (4 items)

306

0.52

 Enjoyment of Food (EF) (4 items)

306

0.76

 Desire to Drink (DD) (3 items)

306

0.93

 Satiety Responsiveness (SR) (5 items)

306

0.66

 Slowness Eating (SE) (4 items)

306

0.78

 Emotional Undereating (EUE) (4 items)

306

0.86

 Food Fussiness (FF) (6 items)

306

0.98

Children’s screen time

 Screen time per week^a

226

(7.88,16.50)

Childcare

 Attended childcare n (%)

274 (89.5)

-

 Time spent in childcare (years)^a

232

(2.31,4.44)

 Formal childcare (Creche/Preschool) n (%)

148 (59.0)

-

 Informal childcare (nanny or relative in or out of home) n (%)

77 (30.6)

-

 Both formal and informal childcare n (%)

26 (10.4)

-

 Food provided in childcare n (%)

153 (54.8)

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