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Table 3 Hierarchical Regression Model: Child-feeding practices and BMI z score at age 12

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

Variable entry

β

 
 

Final Model

R2 (adjusted)

Boys

 

0.37

   Responsibility

-0.15

 

   Perceived parents weight category

0.11

 

   Perceived child weight category

1.24**

 

   Concern

0.20**

 

   Restriction

0.06

 

   Pressure

-0.11

 

   Monitoring

-0.09

 

   Age 12

-0.05

 

   Perceived maternal BMI

0.09

 

Girls

 

0.45

   Responsibility

-0.06

 

   Perceived parents overweight

-0.04

 

   Perceived child overweight

1.12**

 

   Concern

0.18**

 

   Restriction

0.08

 

   Pressure

-0.07

 

   Monitoring

0.03

 

   Age 12

0.04

 

   Perceived maternal BMI

0.04

 
  1. **Significant at P < 0.01.