Table 2.
Specific values for pretest and posttest scores in the SHED-IT study
| Baseline | 6-month follow-up | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | CON (n = 31) |
INT (n = 34) |
CON (n = 31) |
INT (n = 34) |
| Weight (kg) | 99.16 (13.80) |
99.10 (12.22) |
95.14 (13.80) |
93.13 (15.16) |
| Physical activity (steps/day) | 8102 (2615) |
8869 (2573) |
8933 (3522) |
9778 (2452) |
| Portion size (portion size factor)a | 1.51 (0.42) |
1.51 (0.39) |
1.25 (0.37) |
1.30 (0.39) |
| Total energy (kJ/day) | 9271 (3206) |
11027 (3550) |
7791 (3258) |
8115 (2667) |
| Alcohol (gm/day) | 14.13 (15.00) |
21.83 (21.07) |
13.73 (15.99) |
15.46 (14.01) |
| Total fat (gm/day) | 100.84 (34.21) |
112.35 (38.95) |
81.20 (41.29) |
77.98 (30.02) |
Abbreviations: CON = Control, INT = Intervention, Means reported and standard deviations in brackets.
a Portion size photographs are used to calculated a single portion size (PSF) factor is to indicate whether on average a person eats median size serves (PSF = 1), more than the median (PSF > 1), or less (PSF < 1) and is used to scale the serve size for vegetables, meat and casseroles.