Table 1.
Demographic Variables, Academic Characteristics, and Experience of SOTA Behavioral Work Group Participants (N = 16)
| Characteristic | |
| Demographic variables | |
| Age, mean (SD) | 46.7 (8.3) |
| Female, no. (%) | 11 (68.8) |
| Ethnicity, no. (%) | |
| Caucasian | 14 (87.5) |
| African-American | 1 (6.3) |
| Asian | 1 (6.3) |
| Academic characteristics | |
| Educational degree, no. (%) | |
| MD | 5 (31.3) |
| PhD | 9 (56.3) |
| MPH | 4 (25.0) |
| Discipline, no. (%) | |
| Psychologist | 6 (37.5) |
| Internist | 3 (18.8) |
| Masters of Public Health | 3 (18.8) |
| Other* | 4 (25.0) |
| Academic appointment, no. (%) | 12 (75.0) |
| Experience | |
| Years since 1st advanced degree, mean (SD) | 16.9 (5.8) |
| Full-time VA employee, no. (%) | 7 (43.8) |
| Full-time VA employee years, mean (SD) | 11.2 (4.4) |
| Part-time VA employee, no. (%) | 3 (18.8) |
| No. peer-reviewed publications, mean (SD) | 78.4 (79.1) |
| No. obesity peer-reviewed publications, mean (SD) | 39.9 (47.7) |
| Developed weight management manuals, guidelines, or handbooks, no. (%) | 12 (75.0) |
| For research program, no. (%) | 8 (50.0) |
| For clinical program, no. (%) | 5 (31.3) |
*One each for psychiatrist, endocrinologist, kinesiologist, and physiologist