There were significant main effects of DEP and FH on maternal perceptions of child temperament (Table 1). PDEP or FHP children were perceived by their mothers as being more emotional (PDEP: F1,293 = 3.63, P = 0.06; FHP: F1,293 = 5.75; P = 0.02), and FHP children were perceived as being more food neophobic (F1,293 = 9.43, P = 0.002) and more frequently having a negative reaction to food (F1,293 = 4.68, P = 0.03). Mothers of PDEP children were more mood disturbed (F1,293 = 4.16, P = 0.04) and felt more tired (F1,293 = 3.92, P = 0.05) and less vigorous (F1,293 = 5.48, P = 0.02) than did mothers of NDEP children. Mothers of FHP/PDEP children were more likely to be obese than the other three groups of women (χ2(3) = 9.44, P = 0.02).
