Psychological Impact of a “Health-at-Every-Size” Intervention on Weight-Preoccupied Overweight/Obese Women

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the total sample and differences between HAES, SS, and WL groups.

	Total sample	Difference between HAES, SS, and WL groups
	($n=144$)	($P$  statistic)
BMI
M	30.47	0.560
SD	3.02
Range	24.9–37.6
Weight (kg)
M	80.54	0.357
SD	9.60
Range	57.7–106.5
Waist circumference (cm)
M	93.71	0.254
SD	8.31
Range	76.8–117.8
Maximum weight (kg)		0.373
M	83.22
SD	9.70
Range	60.9–109.9
Minimum weight (kg)		0.874
M	57.37
SD	7.16
Range	34.1–75.5
Age (years)
M	42.42	0.907
SD	5.61
Range	28–51
Number of diets		0.241
M	3.41
SD	1.83
Range	0–5
Education level (%)
No scolarity	0
Primary school	0
Secondary school	20.3
College	28.1
University	51.6
Income (%)
0–19 000$	3.9
20 000–39 999$	22.9
40 000–59 999$	17.6
60 000–79 999$	19.0
More than 80 000$	32.7
Living situation (%)
With spouse	13.7
With spouse and children	60.8
With children only	12.4
With other persons	2.0
Alone	11.1