Weight Gain Prevention for College Freshmen: Comparing Two Social Cognitive Theory-Based Interventions with and without Explicit Self-Regulation Training
Table 1
Baseline demographic characteristics of college freshmen enrolled in a 14-week weight gain prevention intervention*.
Full sample ()
Social cognitive theory self-regulation
Social cognitive theory
group (SCTSR; )
group (SCT; )
Male
Female
Total
Male
Female
Total
Gender, n
60% Male 40% Female
16
8
24
11
10
21
Age, yrs
18.1 + 0.1
18.1 + 0.1
18.1 + 0.1
18.1 + 0.1
18.2 + 0.2
18.1 + 0.1
18.1 + 0.1
Height, m
1.72 + 0.01
1.76 + 0.02
1.66 + 0.02
1.73 + 0.02
1.8 + 0.01
1.6 + 0.01
1.71 + 0.02
Weight, kg
69.5 + 1.9
70.7 + 3.3
70.4 + 6.5
70.6 + 3.0
76.8 + 1.4
58.7 + 1.8
68.2 + 2.3
BMI, kg/m2
23.4 + 0.6
22.8 + 1.1
25.6 + 2.6
23.7 + 1.1
23.9 + 0.4
21.7 + 0.7
22.9 + 0.4
Body fat %
24.0 + 1.8
16.0 + 2.8
35.3 + 3.5
22.5 + 2.9
20.5 + 1.8
31.7 + 2.9
25.9 + 2.0
Fat mass, kg
16.8 + 1.5
12.0 + 2.9
23.2 + 4.5
15.7 + 2.6
15.1 + 1.4
18.1 + 2.2
16.5 + 1.3
Fat-free mass, kg
49.5 + 1.5
55.7 + 1.4
39.4 + 2.0
50.3 + 2.0
58.2 + 1.3
37.8 + 1.0
48.5 + 2.4
*Data are presented as mean + SEM. No baseline group differences in these variables were detected.