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Table 3 Association between children’s screen time exposure and children’s eating behaviour at 5 years old

From: Ecological factors and childhood eating behaviours at 5 years of age: findings from the ROLO longitudinal birth cohort study

 

Screen time exposure (hours)

 

B

95% CI

P-value

Adj R2

 

Lower

Upper

  

Food Responsiveness (FR)

-0.008

-0.007

0.024

0.296

-0.011

Emotional Overeating (EOE)

-0.001

-0.011

0.009

0.869

-0.031

Enjoyment of Food (EF)

-0.008

-0.022

0.007

0.310

-0.016

Desire to Drink (DD)

0.009

-0.008

0.025

0.321

0.036

Satiety Responsiveness (SR)

0.012

0.000

0.024

0.059

0.043

Slowness Eating (SE)

0.006

-0.022

0.020

0.398

0.048

Emotional Undereating (EUE)

-0.006

-0.022

0.010

0.471

0.018

Food Fussiness (FF)

0.032

0.014

0.051

0.001

0.038

  1. Multiple linear regression; CI Confidence Interval, Adj Adjusted; All multiple regression models adjusted for maternal BMI at 5-year follow-up, maternal SES, child breastfed ever, whether child met national guidelines for age of solids introduction, child age at 5-year follow-up, child sex, original RCT allocation group; Food approach eating behaviours: degree to which a child has a more avid appetite and greater interest in food (includes FR, EOE,EF,DD), Food avoidant eating behaviours: degree to which a child has a smaller appetite and is less interested in food (includes SR, SE, EUE, FF). Statistically significant (p- value < 0.05)