Maternal attitudes and child-feeding practices: relationship with the BMI of Chilean children

Table 1 Descriptive statistics and CFQ-factors by gender and nutritional status at age 12

		Boys (mean ± SD)				Girls (mean ± SD)
	N	Normal weight	N	Overweight	N	Normal weight	N	Overweight
Age (y)	55	11.97 ± 1.77	51	11.97 ± 1.20	68	11.84 ± 1.52	56	11.96 ± 1.62
BMI (kg/m2)	55	18.60 ± 1.73**	51	24.84 ± 2.62	68	18.84 ± 1.95**	56	24.78 ± 3.11
BMI z score	55	0.26 ± 0.52**	51	1.70 ± 0.32	68	0.24 ± 0.52**	56	1.55 ± 0.33
Perceived responsibility	55	4.44 ± 0.52	50	4.39 ± 0.56	68	4.52 ± 0.52	56	4.29 ± 0.75
Perceived parent weight category	54	3.15 ± 0.41*	50	3.31 ± 0.43	68	3.23 ± 0.46	56	3.31 ± 0.46
Perceived child weight category	54	2.96 ± 0.32**	51	3.35 ± 0.36	67	2.98 ± 0.32**	56	3.46 ± 0.39
Parents concern of child's weight	53	3.39 ± 1.15**	51	3.99 ± 0.90	67	3.47 ± 1.07**	56	4.25 ± 0.93
Restriction	55	3.22 ± 0.80	49	3.49 ± 0.71	65	3.15 ± 0.87	56	3.38 ± 0.92
Pressure to eat	55	4.16 ± 1.01*	51	3.71 ± 1.08	67	3.97 ± 1.03	55	3.90 ± 0.86
Monitoring	55	4.22 ± 1.02	51	4.15 ± 1.06	67	4.10 ± 1.09	55	4.40 ± 0.87
Perceived BMI of parents	51	27.49 ± 4.31	44	29.03 ± 4.85	53	26.51 ± 5.44	51	28.08 ± 4.59
Perceived body image	54	4.89 ± 1.62	51	5.12 ± 1.71	67	4.75 ± 1.76	55	5.13 ± 1.56
Perceived child's BMI	48	18.56 ± 3.54**	38	22.97 ± 3.20^a	50	19.10 ± 2.74**	50	23.77 ± 4.04^a

* Significant difference between normal weight and overweight group at P < 0.05.
** Significant difference between normal weight and overweight group at P < 0.01.
^a Perceived child's BMI is significantly lower than actual child's BMI (P < 0.01).