Table 3 Bite rate, Success Ratio, and BMI at baseline, T2¹, and T3¹ of the three different intervention groups with p–values for Phase (T1, T2, or T3), Condition (NFC, VFC, or VFC+), and Phase*Condition^*; for number of observations see the flowchart. Mean ± SD

6.4 ± 0.3^a

6.2 ± 0.3^a

5.9 ± 0.3^a

5.6 ± 0.3^b

4.4 ± 0.3^b†

4.1 ± 0.4^b†

6.2 ± 0.4^b

4.9 ± 0.3^b†

4.6 ± 0.4^b†

.02

< .0001

< .01

45.2 ± 2.9^a

43.2 ± 2.7^a

45.4 ± 3.0^a

44.3 ± 3.0^a

65.3 ± 2.8^b†

68.2 ± 3.1^b†

42.2 ± 3.2^a

55.3 ± 3.0^c†

57.5 ± 3.1^c†

0.002

< .0001

< .0001

31.7 ± 0.8^a

31.1 ± 0.7^a

31.6 ± 0.8^a

31.9 ± 0.8^a

30.6 ± 0.7^b†

31.2 ± 0.8^b†

31.3 ± 0.8^a

30.3 ± 0.7^c†

30.9 ± 0.8^c†

< .0001

.64

.019