Table 3 Food that parents/caregivers avoid for the child (open-ended responses for the answer “Something else”)
Questions | N (%) | |||
Croatia | North Macedonia | Serbia | Total | |
Do you avoid any food for your child? | ||||
Yes | 166 (45) | 84 (50) | 90 (53) | 340 (48) |
No | 204 (55) | 85 (50) | 79 (47) | 368 (52) |
Which food do you avoid for your child (multiple answer were allowed)? | ||||
Milk | 35 (22) | 34 (40) | 45 (51) | 114 (34) |
Eggs | 26 (17) | 13 (15) | 10 (11) | 49 (15) |
Meat | 12 (7.6) | 13 (15) | 8 (8.9) | 33 (10) |
Fruit | 13 (8.3) | 1 (1.2) | 5 (5.6) | 19 (5.7) |
Vegetables | 13 (8.3) | 3 (3.5) | 1 (1.1) | 17 (5.1) |
Something else | 102 (65) | 54 (64) | 61 (69) | 217 (66) |
Other food that parents/caregivers avoid for the child (open-ended responses for the answer “Something else”) | ||||
Response | Croatia N (%) | North Macedonia N (%) | Serbia N (%) | All N (%) |
Sweets | 32 (5.9) | 8 (3.9) | 31 (15) | 71 (7.4) |
Sugar | 10 (1.8) | 10 (4.9) | 7 (3.4) | 27 (2.9) |
Starch (rice, potatoes, bread, white flour) | 12 (2.2) | 6 (2.9) | 8 (3.9) | 26 (2.7) |
Gluten | 7 (1.3) | 5 (2.4) | 13 (6.3) | 25 ( 2.6) |
Meat products (salami, cold cuts, sausages, hot dogs, pate) | 10 (1.8) | 8 (3.9) | 4 (1.9) | 22 (2.3) |
Sweetened or carbonated beverages | 11 (2.1) | 9 (4.4) | 1 (0.5) | 21 (2.2) |
Fats and oils (sunflower, mayonnaise, margarine) | 0 (0) | 18 (8.8) | 0 (0) | 18 (1.9) |
Salty snacks (chips, peanuts…) | 5 (0.9) | 4 (1.9) | 7 (3.4) | 16 (1.7) |
Nuts | 6 (1.1) | 1 (0.5) | 2 (0.9) | 9 (0.9) |
Preservatives and additives | 0 (0) | 3 (1.5) | 4 (1.9) | 7 (0.7) |
Fast and canned food | 3 (0.6) | 3 (1.5) | 0 (0) | 6 (0.6) |
Fish | 0 (0) | 4 (1.9) | 0 (0) | 4 (0.4) |
Legumes (beans, green beans, peas) | 3 (0.6) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.5) | 4 (0.4) |
Soybeans | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.5) | 1 (0.5) | 3 (0.3) |
Casein | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.5) | 2 (0.2) |
Yeast | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.1) |
Alcohol | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.1) |
Purine | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.1) |