Table 3 Most frequent applications of emotional and instrumental feeding practices for relevant product categories
Practices | Most frequently applied using | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Instrumental feeding | |||||
Products withheld as punishment | Candy (82.4%) | Cookies (52.9%), | Candy bars (41.2%) | Ice cream (36.8%) | Pastry and cake (26.5%) |
Chocolate (52.9%) | Chips, nuts and savory snacks (41.2%) | ||||
Products used as reward | Candy (59.4%) | Ice cream (43.4%) | Chocolate (26.4%) | Chips, nuts and savory snacks (25.5%) | Cookies (24.5%) |
Emotional feeding | |||||
Products used to comfort | Candy (66.2%) | Ice cream (30.8%) | Cookies (29.2%) | Chocolate (15.4%) | Chips, nuts and savory snacks (12.3%) |