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Table 1 Mean participant characteristics by condition

From: Reducing high calorie snack food in young adults: a role for social norms and health based messages

 

Social norm condition (n = 39)

Health condition (n = 48)

Control condition (n = 42)

Effect of condition

Baseline hunger

(0–10 cm scale)

5.9 (2.0)*

5.0 (2.2)

5.9 (2.5)*

p = 0.05

BMI

(metres/kg 2 )

23.2 (4.8)

24.0 (3.9)

22.3 (2.9)

p = 0.12

Restraint

(0–21 scale)

7.9 (5.6)

9.1 (4.8)

8.1 (5.7)

p = 0.49

Age

(yrs)

23.7 (6.2)

22.0 (3.5)

22.0 (3.7)

p = 0.14

  1. *compared to health condition, the social norm condition (p = 0.06) and control condition (p = 0.05) had higher baseline hunger.