Table 1.
Participant baseline characteristics
| Emerging adults n = 52 | Middle aged adults n = 101 | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | Mean (SE) | % | Mean (SE) | ||
| Demographics | |||||
| Age | 22.3 (0.3) | 52.9 (0.5) | < .001 | ||
| Female | 78.8 | 69.3 | < .001 | ||
| Non‐Hispanic White | 48.0 | 86.1 | < .001 | ||
| At least some college | 94.2 | 81.2 | .03 | ||
| Married or living with partner | 23.1 | 71.3 | < .001 | ||
| Baseline BMI | 34.2 (0.8) | 34.9 (0.4) | .373 | ||
| Weight loss motivations* | |||||
| Health concerns | 3.94 | 4.63 | .05 | ||
| Improved appearance | 4.58 | 4.17 | .01 | ||
| Social pressure | 2.70 | 2.18 | .16 | ||
| Wanting to feel better about yourself | 4.64 | 4.49 | .37 | ||
| Special event | 2.30 | 2.13 | .08 | ||
| Improved energy | 4.04 | 4.59 | .07 | ||
| Improved social life | 2.92 | 2.53 | .14 | ||
| Improved work performance | 3.04 | 2.98 | .22 | ||
| Feeling physically uncomfortable | 3.96 | 4.05 | .36 | ||
*
Analyses controlled for racial/ethnic minority status and gender