Tracking of eating patterns and overweight - a follow-up study of Norwegian schoolchildren from middle childhood to early adolescence

Table 2 Correlation coefficients^§ for the corresponding eating pattern scores for 4^th- and 7^th-grade children (n = 427).

	7th grade 'Snacking'	7th grade 'Junk/convenient'	7th grade 'Varied Norwegian'	7th grade 'Dieting'
	r (95% CI)	r (95% CI)	r (95% CI)	r (95% CI)
4th grade
'Snacking'	0.44 (0.36, 0.51)	0.01 (-0.09, 0.10)	-0.23 (-0.31, -0.13)	0.06 (-0.15, 0.04)
'Junk/convenient'	0.06 (-0.04, 0.15)	0.58 (0.51, 0.64)	-0.10 (-0.19, 0.00)	-0.01 (-0.10, 0.09)
'Varied Norwegian'	0.09 (-0.00, 0.18)	-0.09 (-0.18, 0.01)	0.60 (0.53, 0.65)	0.28 (0.13, 0.32)
'Dieting'	-0.16 (-0.25, -0.06)	0.07 (-0.02, 0.17)	-0.31 (-0.39, -0.22)	0.51 (0.43, 0.57)

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