Table 2.
Results from 6-week weight variability independent and adjusted multiple regression analyses. Covariates included 6-week % weight change; number of sessions missed; treatment condition; gender; Three Factor Eating Questionnaire - Emotional Eating; General Food Craving Questionnaire-Trait - Preoccupation with food; and Power of Food Scale - Food Available and Food Present.
| Six-week weight variability | |||||
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| Independent variable | b | SE | β | p | R 2 |
| 1.5-to-6 month % weight change | |||||
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| Independent Model (N = 182) | 0.00 | ||||
| Weight Variability | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.75 | |
| Adjusted Model (N = 174) | 0.30 | ||||
| 6-week % weight change | 1.05 | 0.14 | 0.53 | <0.01 | |
| Number of sessions missed | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.13 | 0.05 | |
| Treatment condition | −0.01 | 0.00 | −0.10 | 0.14 | |
| Gender | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.39 | |
| Emotional Eating | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.58 | |
| Preoccupation with Food | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.54 | |
| Hedonic Hunger – Food Available | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.99 | |
| Hedonic Hunger – Food Present | 0.00 | 0.00 | −0.08 | 0.39 | |
| Weight Variability | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.98 | 0.00a |
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| 1.5-to-12 month % weight change | |||||
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| Independent Model (N = 179) | 0.03 | ||||
| Weight Variability | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.18 | 0.02 | |
| Adjusted Model (N = 171) | 0.23 | ||||
| 6-week % weight change | 1.36 | 0.24 | 0.43 | <0.01 | |
| Number of sessions missed | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.11 | 0.11 | |
| Treatment condition | −0.01 | 0.01 | −0.11 | 0.14 | |
| Gender | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.13 | 0.09 | |
| Emotional Eating | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.38 | |
| Preoccupation with Food | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.82 | |
| Hedonic Hunger – Food Available | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.10 | 0.48 | |
| Hedonic Hunger – Food Present | −0.01 | 0.01 | −0.07 | 0.48 | |
| Weight Variability | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.17 | 0.02 | 0.03a |
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| 1.5-to-24 month % weight change | |||||
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| Independent Model (N = 173) | 0.03 | ||||
| Weight Variability | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.17 | 0.03 | |
| Adjusted Model (N = 165) | 0.07 | ||||
| 6-week % weight change | 0.80 | 0.29 | 0.23 | 0.01 | |
| Number of sessions missed | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.69 | |
| Treatment condition | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.85 | |
| Gender | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.76 | |
| Emotional Eating | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 0.22 | |
| Preoccupation with Food | 0.00 | 0.01 | −0.04 | 0.73 | |
| Hedonic Hunger – Food Available | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.64 | |
| Hedonic Hunger – Food Present | 0.00 | 0.01 | −0.03 | 0.77 | |
| Weight Variability | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.17 | 0.04 | 0.03a |
a
Refers to R 2 change when adding weight variability to model.