Table 3.

F-BA strategies and targets tried and participant-reported success (n=168 to 270)

Food-related strategy	N (%) tried strategy	Very unsuccessful N (%)	Somewhat successful N (%)	Very successful N (%)
Eat three regular main meals per day	246 (79.10)	8 (3.25)	74 (30.08)	164 (66.67)
Pay attention to food when eating	246 (79.10)	12 (4.88)	128 (52.03)	106 (43.09)
Limit your snacks	270 (86.82)	14 (5.19)	139 (51.48)	117 (43.33)
Pay attention to habitual snacking	263 (84.57)	13 (4.94)	126 (47.91)	124 (47.15)
Avoid emotional eating	254 (81.67)	14 (5.51)	120 (47.24)	120 (47.24)
Plan your shopping trips	219 (70.42)	10 (4.57)	61 (27.85)	148 (67.58)
Control your impulses when shopping	229 (73.63)	7 (3.06)	95 (41.48)	127 (55.46)
Explore and expand your cooking skills	227 (72.99)	9 (3.96)	94 (41.41)	124 (54.63)

Food- targets
Eat 300–400 g of vegetables	257 (82.64)	9 (3.50)	127 (49.42)	121 (47.08)
Eat 2–3 pieces of fruit per day	252 (81.03)	10 (3.97)	94 (37.30)	108 (58.73)
Eat three times fish per week	194 (62.38)	16 (8.25)	118 (60.82)	60 (30.93)
Reduce your meat intake to 300 g per week	209 (67.20)	6 (2.87)	85 (40.67)	118 (56.46)
Eat pulses or legumes three times per week	170 (54.66)	15 (8.82)	84 (49.41)	71 (41.76)
Choose wholegrain products	244 (78.46)	5 (2.05)	80 (32.79)	159 (65.16)
Use three servings of low-fat dairy products per day	168 (54.02)	6 (3.57)	75 (44.64)	87 (51.79)
Use olive oil as your principle fat source for cooking	234 (75.24)	1 (0.43)	49 (20.94)	184 (78.63)
Limit your intake of processed foods and soft drinks	252 (81.03)	6 (2.38)	86 (34.13)	160 (63.49)
Drink alcoholic beverages in moderation	213 (68.49)	4 (1.88)	55 (25.82)	154 (72.30)

F-BA, food-related behavioural activation.