Table 3 |
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Proportion of children by BMI category1 at 4.5 years and by eating behaviour |
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| Behaviour |
Category |
Underweight (< 10thpercentile) |
Normal weight (10–84.9th percentile) |
At risk for overweight (85–94.9th percentile) |
Overweight (> = 95th percentile) |
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| Total |
15.2 |
64.4 |
11.3 |
9.0 |
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| Picky eaters |
Never reported as picky eater |
13.2* |
64.0 |
12.9* |
9.9 |
| Reported as picky eater once or twice |
18.3 |
67.3 |
7.6 |
6.9 |
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| Reported as picky eater at all three ages |
26.8 |
57.6 |
7.9 |
7.7 |
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| Overeaters |
Never reported as overeater |
18.2* |
68.5 |
8.4* |
4.9* |
| Reported as overeater once or twice |
11.3 |
60.1 |
15.5 |
13.1 |
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| Reported as overeater at all three ages |
6.8 |
47.9 |
18.3 |
27.1 |
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1 Percentiles from the BMI on the CDC USA Growth curves (age & sex specific curves) * Statistically significant association between the characteristic and the dependant variable (p-value (chi-square) < = 0.05) |
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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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