Table 5. Dietary frequency intake of ultra-processed foods, fruits and vegetables of women participating in a randomized controlled trial based on the Health at Every Size® approach.
| Intensified HAES®-based intervention group (n = 39) |
Control group (n = 19) |
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| Pre | Post | P | Pre | Post | P | |
| Ultra-processed foods (total consumption*), mean, ± SD | 32.0 ± 17.0 | 21.7 ± 13.4 | 0.0001 | 28.3 ± 14.5 | 26.5 ± 14.8 | 0.363 |
| Ultra-processed foods (daily consumption), mean, ± SD | 4.6 ± 2.4 | 3.1 ± 1.9 | 0.0001 | 4.2 ± 2.0 | 3.8 ± 2.1 | 0.133 |
| Fruits (total consumption), mean, ± SD | 8.8 ± 6.7 | 12.0 ± 8.9 | 0.026 | 8.6 ± 4.4 | 9.4 ± 5.8 | 0.291 |
| Fruits (daily consumption), mean, ± SD | 1.3 ± 1.0 | 1.7 ± 1.3 | 0.038 | 1.3 ± 0.8 | 1.4 ± 0.8 | 0.333 |
| Vegetables (total consumption), mean, ± SD | 13.9 ± 9.4 | 18.9 ± 12.6 | 0.018 | 13.7 ± 9.7 | 13.5 ± 7.8 | 0.753 |
| Vegetables (daily consumption), mean, ± SD | 2.0 ± 1.3 | 2.7 ± 1.8 | 0.012 | 2.0 ± 1.4 | 1.9 ± 1.1 | 0.572 |
* At pre-intervention, food diaries were completed 6.9 ± 0.3 days and 6.6 ± 0.7 days in the intensified HAES®-based intervention group and the control group, respectively. At post-intervention, food diaries were completed 6.9 ± 0.5 days and 6.9 ± 0.5 days in the intensified HAES®-based intervention group and the control group, respectively. Data was analyzed by the Wilcoxon test.