Table 2. Demographics, body composition, and food reinforcement measures for all randomized participants at baseline.

	Six-day per week group N = 19	Two-day per week group N = 20	Control N = 14
Sex (% female)	68.4	85.0	78.8
BMI1	29.0 ± 2.87	30.51 ± 3.47	29.36 ± 2.87
FM2	31.25 ± 8.58	35.58 ± 6.55	30.27 ± 6.42
FFM3	48.50 ± 9.68	48.91 ± 9.35	43.77 ± 5.92
Body Fat %	37.96 ± 6.87	41.29 ± 4.41	39.68 ± 4.11
REE4	1505.8 ± 48.13	1666.9 ± 76.55	1546.40 ± 50.59
RRVHealthy5	0.54 ± 0.32	0.62 ± 0.29	0.62 ± 0.31
RRVUnhealthy6	0.46 ± 0.32	0.38 ± 0.30	0.38 ± 0.31
PmaxTotal7	65.00 ± 73.77	78.25 ± 97.59	102.00 ± 108.97

Data are mean ± SD

¹Body Mass Index, kg/m²

²FM: Fat Mass, kg

³FFM: Fat Free Mass, kg

⁴REE: Resting energy expenditure (Kcal/24 hours)

⁵RRV_Healthy: Relative Reinforcing value of healthy food, assessed via progressive ratio schedule of reinforcement task and calculated as last schedule completed for healthy food / total schedules completed

⁶RRV_Unhealthy: Relative Reinforcing value of unhealthy food, assessed via progressive ratio schedule of reinforcement task and calculated as the last schedule completed for unhealthy food / total schedules completed

⁷P_maxTotal: Total schedules completed for food, both healthy and unhealthy, in the progressive ratio schedule of reinforcement task