Table 2.

Treatment recommendations by vignette weight condition.

	Underweight (n=104)		Healthy-weight (n=104)		Overweight (n=112)
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	F	p	ηp2
Self-help (magazine, book)	0.00	0.75	−0.19	0.76	0.00	0.71	2.41	.091	.015
Fad/Crash Diet (cabbage soup, liquid diets, etc.)	−0.82	0.54	−0.81	0.48	−0.71	0.61	1.43	.240	.009
Supervised Program (Wt Watchers, Jenny Craig, OA)	−0.58 OW	0.63	−0.42 OW	0.69	−0.03 UW, HW	0.80	17.28	<.001	.099
Prescribed Diet Pills (Amphet, Redux, Fen-phen)	−0.83 OW	0.47	−0.84 OW	0.42	−0.61 UW, HW	0.63	6.79	.001	.041
Dietician/Nutritionist-Lsed Program	0.49	0.72	0.41	0.65	0.51	0.68	0.61	.543	.004
Psychologist/Psychiatrist/Other Mental Health	0.78 OW	0.48	0.67	0.61	0.52 UW	0.63	5.53	.004	.034
See her at her next annual physical	0.45	0.83	0.55	0.75	0.47	0.80	0.43	.651	.003
Have a mid-year check-up	0.71	0.62	0.67	0.58	0.56	0.71	1.56	.212	.010
Referral to a mental health professional	0.67 OW	0.55	0.49	0.72	0.46 UW	0.72	3.19	.042	.020
Referral to a dietician	0.44	0.75	0.40	0.74	0.54	0.66	1.01	.366	.006
Prescription for psychiatric medication	−0.35 OW	0.72	−0.53	0.64	−0.56 UW	0.67	3.15	.044	.020
Referral to a personal trainer/exercise plan	−0.40 OW	0.76	−0.38 OW	0.71	0.02 UW, HW	0.76	11.19	<.001	.067
Suggest eating right and exercising more	0.12 OW	0.84	0.19 OW	0.81	0.65 UW, HW	0.63	15.65	<.001	.091
Prescription for weight-loss medication	−0.83	0.49	−0.80	0.51	−0.70	0.66	1.69	.186	.011

Note. Positive scores indicate greater average endorsement of the recommendation (scored as −1=no, 0=maybe, 1=yes).

^UWp<.05 difference from underweight vignette;

^HWp<.05 difference from healthy-weight vignette;

^OWp<.05 difference from overweight vignette.