Table 3 Parental concerns about the child’s diet (11 items) by child–parent cooking a meal together group
Parental concerns about the diets of the child | total | not cooking together | cooking together | p | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | ||||
2237 | 100 | 2004 | 89.6 | 233 | 10.4 | ||||
1 | He/she takes too much time for eating (eats slowly). | yes | 740 | 33.1 | 667 | 33.3 | 73 | 31.3 | 0.549 |
no | 1547 | 69.2 | 1387 | 66.7 | 160 | 68.7 | |||
2 | He/she is a picky eater (eating only certain foods). | yes | 693 | 31.0 | 635 | 31.7 | 58 | 24.9 | 0.034 |
no | 1544 | 69.0 | 1369 | 68.3 | 175 | 75.1 | |||
3 | The amount of food intake is inconsistent (too much or too little, depending on the day). | yes | 559 | 25.0 | 503 | 25.1 | 56 | 24.0 | 0.722 |
no | 1678 | 75.0 | 1501 | 74.9 | 177 | 76.0 | |||
4 | He/she plays with food/utensils while eating. | yes | 533 | 23.8 | 494 | 24.7 | 39 | 16.7 | 0.007 |
no | 1704 | 76.2 | 1510 | 75.4 | 194 | 83.3 | |||
5 | He/she desires sweetened beverage or sweets more than a meal. | yes | 408 | 18.2 | 369 | 18.4 | 39 | 16.7 | 0.531 |
no | 1829 | 81.8 | 1635 | 81.6 | 194 | 83.3 | |||
6 | The amount of food intake is small. | yes | 355 | 15.9 | 323 | 16.1 | 32 | 13.7 | 0.346 |
no | 1882 | 84.1 | 1681 | 83.9 | 201 | 86.3 | |||
7 | His/her eats too fast to chew well. | yes | 200 | 8.9 | 183 | 9.1 | 17 | 7.3 | 0.353 |
no | 2037 | 91.1 | 1821 | 90.9 | 216 | 92.7 | |||
8 | He/she stores the food in his/her mouth. | yes | 139 | 6.2 | 124 | 6.2 | 15 | 6.4 | 0.881 |
no | 2098 | 93.8 | 1880 | 93.8 | 218 | 93.6 | |||
9 | He/she is not interested in eating. | yes | 122 | 5.5 | 115 | 5.7 | 7 | 3.0 | 0.082 |
no | 2115 | 94.5 | 1889 | 94.3 | 226 | 97.0 | |||
10 | He/she eats too much. | yes | 110 | 4.9 | 92 | 4.6 | 18 | 7.7 | 0.036 |
no | 2127 | 95.1 | 1912 | 95.4 | 215 | 92.3 | |||
11 | He/she takes food out of his/her mouth. | yes | 95 | 4.2 | 86 | 4.3 | 9 | 3.9 | 0.759 |
no | 2142 | 95.8 | 1918 | 95.7 | 224 | 96.1 | |||