Table 2

Proportion of picky eaters and overeaters over all 3 ages by selected characteristics



Picky Eating
 Overeating
Characteristic
 Category
 %
 Never reported as picky eater
 Reported as picky eater at all 3 ages
 Never reported as overeater
 Reported as overeater at all 3 ages


100.00
 70.9
 5.5
 61.0
 6.6
Child's sex
 Girl
 49.51
 72.1
 4.8
 64.7 *
 4.4 *

Boy
 50.49
 69.7
 6.3
 57.3
 8.8
Birth weight
 Less than 2500 g
 4.03
 69.0
 14.2 *
 52.2
 11.3

2500–4000 g
 84.92
 70.1
 5.2
 61.7
 6.2

More than 4000 g
 11.04
 77.0
 5.1
 58.8
 7.7
Mother's age group
 Less than 25 y
 6.85
 74.0
 5.0
 42.9 *
 7.9

25–29 y
 23.14
 69.8
 3.9
 59.0
 8.0

30–34 y
 32.18
 71.9
 5.9
 62.5
 7.6

35 y or more
 37.82
 70.4
 6.4
 64.3
 4.7
Mother's immigrant status
 Not immigrant
 86.65
 71.5
 5.6
 62.6 *
 6.4

Immigrant
 13.35
 68.3
 5.6
 51.4
 7.9
Mother's education
 No high school diploma
 15.70
 69.6
 4.8
 50.3 *
 7.1

High school diploma
 21.87
 67.7
 6.7
 58.2
 7.0

College diploma
 34.93
 68.9
 5.3
 66.1
 7.0

University diploma
 27.50
 77.0
 5.5
 62.9
 5.5
Mother's smoking status during pregnancy
 Did not smoke during pregnancy
 74.97
 71.6
 5.7
 61.7
 6.0

Smoked during pregnancy
 25.03
 68.8
 5.1
 58.7
 8.5
Family type
 Two-parent family
 86.05
 71.0
 5.3
 62.6 *
 6.0 *

Single-parent family
 13.95
 71.1
 7.0
 51.2
 10.4
Annual household income
 Less than $20,000
 10.02
 72.6
 9.0
 43.3 *
 12.6 *

$20,000–39,999
 20.05
 64.3
 5.4
 56.4
 6.9

$40,000–59,999
 26.53
 70.5
 4.8
 62.9
 7.5

$60,000 or more
 43.40
 73.7
 5.3
 66.1
 4.7
Income sufficiency
 Sufficient
 80.30
 71.5
 4.8 *
 64.5 *
 5.9*

Insufficient
 19.70
 68.4
 8.8
 47.4
 9.5
Number of overweight/obese parents
 0 parent
 36.90
 68.8
 5.9
 63.6
 4.8 *

1 parent
 47.37
 71.5
 4.9
 60.8
 6.5

2 parents
 15.73
 72.6
 6.9
 57.4
 10.4
Day-care attendance
 Not in day-care or being taken care of at home
 30.58
 73.8
 6.3
 57.4
 5.8

Being taken care of at someone else's home
 35.37
 71.9
 4.8
 64.4
 6.4

In a day-care centre
 34.05
 67.2
 5.7
 60.4
 7.7
Food insufficiency in preschool years
 Had never known food insufficiency
 93.82
 71.3
 5.5
 61.8*
 6.2*

Had known food insufficiency
 6.18
 65.6
 5.4
 48.6
 12.5

* Statistically significant association between the characteristic and the dependent variable (p-value (chi-square)< = 0.05)

Dubois et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2007 4:9   doi:10.1186/1479-5868-4-9

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