From: Associations of parental feeding practices with children’s eating behaviors and food preferences: a Chinese cross-sectional study
Fathers
Mothers
P value
Instrumental feeding
2.16 ± 0.77
2.38 ± 0.71
0.207
Encouragement
3.20 ± 0.50
3.31 ± 0.62
0.561
Emotional feeding
2.18 ± 0.75
2.53 ± 0.69
0.048
Control over eating
0.55 ± 0.49
0.70 ± 0.51
0.114