Table 2.
Descriptive characteristics of the study participants: a community sample of working adults (n 200) aged 18–60 years taking part in worksite nutrition intervention in a large metropolitan medical complex, Minneapolis, MN, USA, September 2010–February 2013
| Baseline | Follow-up | |
|---|---|---|
| Demographics | ||
| Age (years) | ||
| Mean | 43·0 | |
| sd | 11·2 | |
| Sex (%) | ||
| Male | 34·0 | |
| Female | 66·0 | |
| Race/ethnicity (%) | ||
| Non-Hispanic White | 68·0 | |
| Other | 32·0 | |
| Education (%) | ||
| High school/GED/vocational | 16·0 | |
| Some college | 30·5 | |
| College graduate and beyond | 53·5 | |
| Job type (%) | ||
| Admin/executive | 12·5 | |
| Clerical/admin/technical | 37·5 | |
| Patient care | 33·5 | |
| Service/labour | 4·5 | |
| Other | 9·0 | |
| Missing | 3·0 | |
| Annual income (%) | ||
| ≤$US 40 000 | 22·5 | |
| >$US 40 000 and ≤$US 80 000 | 39·0 | |
| >$US 80 000 | 38·5 | |
| Married/living with partner (%) | ||
| Yes | 59·0 | |
| No | 41·0 | |
| BMI | ||
| BMI (kg/m2) | ||
| Mean | 29·9 | 30·1 |
| sd | 6·5 | 6·5 |
| Physical activity | ||
| Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (min/d) | ||
| Mean | 28·0 | 28·7 |
| sd | 17·0 | 18·8 |
| Energy intake | ||
| Total energy intake (kcal/d) | ||
| Mean | 2026·2 | 1919·4 |
| sd | 675·9 | 604·5 |
| Total energy intake (kJ/d) | ||
| Mean | 8477 | 8031 |
| sd | 2828 | 2529 |
| Fast-food consumption | ||
| Frequency of fast-food consumption (per week) | ||
| Mean | 1·75 | 1·66 |
| sd | 1·49 | 1·43 |
| Change in fast-food consumption from baseline (per week) | ||
| Mean | 0 | −0·10 |
| sd | 0 | 1·3 |
GED, General Educational Development.