Table 2.
Baseline, 6-month, and 16-month follow-up weight, physical activity, and nutrition-related outcomes of users of the Web-Based Guide to Health intervention
| Outcome | Study time pointa | Mean | SD | F | dfb | P-value | Partial-eta squaredc | |
| Body weight inpounds | base | 176.98 | 28.03 | 29.01 | 1,194 | <.001 | .130 | |
| 16 mo | 172.34 | 28.01 | ||||||
| Nutrition | ||||||||
| Fruit servings/day | base | 1.13 | 0.81 | 83.34 | 1,236 | <.001 | .261 | |
| 16 mo | 1.66 | 0.95 | ||||||
| Vegetable servings/day | base | 2.97 | 1.93 | 55.128 | 1,236 | <.001 | .189 | |
| 16 mo | 3.95 | 2.36 | ||||||
| Percentage kilocalories from fat | base | 36.62 | 5.86 | 37.33 | 1,236 | 0.00 | .14 | |
| 16 mo | 34.40 | 6.21 | ||||||
| Percentage kilocalories from sweets | base | 14.53 | 9.32 | 45.07 | 1,236 | 0.00 | .16 | |
| 16 mo | 11.30 | 8.50 | ||||||
| Kilocalories/day | base | 1820.95 | 700.81 | 22.36 | 1,236 | 0.00 | .09 | |
| 16 mo | 1641.14 | 510.47 | ||||||
| Family social support | base | 2.70 | .81 | 57.193 | 1,245 | <.001 | .189 | |
| 6 mo | 3.07 | .83 | ||||||
| Friend social support | base | 2.91 | .78 | 29.768 | 1,245 | <.001 | .108 | |
| 6 mo | 3.16 | .74 | ||||||
| Self-efficacy for avoiding fat and sugar | base | 75.99 | 17.29 | 2.875 | 1,245 | .091 | .012 | |
| 6 mo | 77.59 | 16.81 | ||||||
| Self-efficacy for eating healthy foods | base | 73.48 | 16.80 | 3.794 | 1,245 | .053 | .015 | |
| 6 mo | 75.59 | 17.73 | ||||||
| Positive outcome expectations | base | 4.32 | .61 | 0.01 | 1,245 | 0.95 | .00 | |
| 6 mo | 4.32 | .57 | ||||||
| Negative outcome expectations | base | 2.90 | .73 | 16.89 | 1,245 | 0.00 | .06 | |
| 6 mo | 2.72 | .81 | ||||||
| Self-regulation healthy food choices | base | 3.11 | .82 | 301.23 | 1,245 | 0.00 | .55 | |
| 6 mo | 4.06 | .62 | ||||||
| Self-regulation high-fat/high-sugar foods | base | 3.01 | .75 | 292.27 | 1,245 | 0.00 | .54 | |
| 6 mo | 3.84 | .61 | ||||||
| Self-regulation planning and tracking nutrition | base | 2.35 | .81 | 376.72 | 1,245 | 0.00 | .61 | |
| 6 mo | 3.58 | .79 | ||||||
| Physical activity | ||||||||
| Steps/day | base | 6252.89 | 1876.34 | 40.32 | 1,177 | 0.00 | .19 | |
| 16 mo | 7741.47 | 3247.56 | ||||||
| METhours/week walkingd | base | 2.82 | 9.70 | 45.20 | 1,177 | 0.00 | .20 | |
| 16 mo | 12.43 | 18.02 | ||||||
| Family social support | base | 2.49 | 1.03 | 19.98 | 1,245 | 0.00 | .08 | |
| 6 mo | 2.77 | 1.01 | ||||||
| Friend social support | base | 2.88 | .98 | 8.05 | 1,245 | 0.01 | .03 | |
| 6 mo | 3.07 | .87 | ||||||
| Self-efficacy | base | 64.09 | 19.24 | 4.06 | 1,245 | 0.05 | .02 | |
| 6 mo | 61.28 | 22.24 | ||||||
| Positive affective outcome expectations | base | 16.24 | 3.92 | 0.23 | 1,245 | 0.63 | .00 | |
| 6 mo | 16.38 | 4.57 | ||||||
| Positive physical outcome expectations | base | 20.49 | 4.22 | 2.33 | 1,245 | 0.13 | .01 | |
| 6 mo | 20.05 | 4.81 | ||||||
| Negative outcome expectations | base | 10.61 | 4.84 | 0.01 | 1,245 | 0.93 | .00 | |
| 6 mo | 10.65 | 5.13 | ||||||
| Self-regulation goal setting and planning | base | 1.98 | .76 | 439.28 | 1,245 | 0.00 | .64 | |
| 6 mo | 3.47 | .94 | ||||||
| Self-regulation tracking activity | base | 1.53 | .71 | 604.49 | 1,245 | 0.00 | .71 | |
| 6 mo | 3.65 | 1.19 | ||||||
| Self-regulation increase enjoyment | base | 1.79 | .84 | 387.59 | 1,245 | 0.00 | .61 | |
| 6 mo | 3.30 | 1.04 | ||||||
a Baseline (base), 6 months (6 mo), or 16 months (16 mo).
b df: degrees of freedom for F test result.
c partial-eta squared.
d MET: metabolic equivalent.