Associations of parental feeding practices with children’s eating behaviors and food preferences: a Chinese cross-sectional study

Table 6 Associations between parental feeding practices and children’s food preferences by using linear regression analysis

	Vegetables		Fruits		Meats		Fish		Dairy foods		Eggs		Starchy staples & Beans		Processed meat products		Fast foods		Snacks
	B 95% CI	P-value	B 95% CI	P-value	B 95% CI	P-value	B 95% CI	P-value	B 95% CI	P-value	B 95% CI	P-value	B 95% CI	P-value	B 95% CI	P-value	B 95% CI	P-value	B 95% CI	P-value
IFP	-0.24 (-0.57,0.09)	0.145	-0.08 (-0.35,0.18)	0.540	-0.19 (-0.58,0.21)	0.354	-0.47 (-0.94,-0.01)	0.048	0.37 (-0.01,0.75)	0.054	-0.01 (-0.49,0.46)	0.957	0.02 (-0.33,0.38)	0.895	0.06 (-0.30,0.42)	0.734	0.26 (-0.15,0.66)	0.210	0.15 (-0.18,0.47)	0.379
EFP	0.11 (-0.23,0.45)	0.513	0.17 (-0.10,0.44)	0.213	0.18 (-0.22,0.58)	0.381	0.32 (-0.17,0.81)	0.201	-0.32 (-0.71,0.06)	0.096	-0.09 (-0.40,0.57)	0.724	-0.11 (-0.47,0.25)	0.538	-0.26 (-0.63,0.10)	0.157	-0.19 (-0.61,0.23)	0.361	-0.07 (-0.40,0.26)	0.661
EEP	-0.08 (-0.40,0.23)	0.600	-0.11 (-0.36,0.14)	0.388	0.10 (-0.28,0.48)	0.586	-0.06 (-0.51,0.39)	0.790	-0.12 (-0.48,0.25)	0.527	-0.04 (-0.50,0.42)	0.854	0.04 (-0.30,0.38)	0.814	0.43 (0.08,0.77)	0.015	0.01 (-0.37,0.39)	0.971	-0.08 (-0.40,0.23)	0.598
CEP	-0.09 (-0.47,0.30)	0.658	0.01 (-0.30,0.31)	0.977	-0.07 (-0.53,0.39)	0.763	-0.10 (-0.64,0.45)	0.729	-0.02 (-0.46,0.42)	0.940	0.08 (-0.48,0.64)	0.787	0.05 (-0.36,0.47)	0.799	-0.22 (-0.64,0.20)	0.304	0.21 (-0.27,0.68)	0.384	-0.06 (-0.32,0.44)	0.750

Adjusted for child’s age, sex and weight status, parental education and family incomes; CI confidence interval, IFP Instrumental feeding practice, EFP Emotional feeding practice, EEP Encouragement to eat practice, CEP Control over eating practice. P-value < 0.05 are in bold type

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