Table 1.

Mean and standard error of the mean (SEM, in brackets) of participants’ demographic information as a function of groups’ weight (normal-weight vs. overweight)

	Normal-weight n = 18	Overweight n = 18	Normal-weight vs. overweight
Age	25.28 (0.99)	24 (0.89)	t(34) = 0.96; p = 0.344
BMI	22.24 (0.43)	31.98 (1.19)	t(34) = − 7.69; p < 0.001
Weight-IAT	0.53 (0.08)	0.38 (0.10)	t(34) = 1.19; p = 0.243
Fat Phobia Scale	2.96 (0.14)	3.25 (0.19)	t(34) = − 1.21; p = 0.235

The data of participants were compared by means of independent sample t test

BMI body mass index, Weight-IAT weight-implicit association test (D score)