Influence of nit-picking of subgroups of food on growth and development of pre-schoolers.

† All of the models were constructed by using multilevel (two levels) mixed-effects liner regression with the iterative generalised least-squares estimation method. Results of the z-scores from the regression models with adjustment for child’s birth weight and feeding pattern during the first four months after birth, mother’s education, family’s per capita monthly income and other kinds of food related with children’s growth listed above.‡ β represents the difference in mean z-scores between the non-picky eating group and the picky eating group after adjusting for the covariates listed above.a CI, confidence interval.Influence of nit-picking of subgroups of food on growth and development of pre-schoolers.