Fat talk, old talk, or both? Association of negative body talk with mental health, body dissatisfaction, and quality of life in men and women

Table 7 Linear regression secondary outcomes in women

Variables	β	t	95% CI	R² Change	Adj. R	f^2§
Aging anxiety					0.22	0.28
BMI	− 0.08	− 1.84	(− 0.11, 0.003)	0.002
Fat talk	0.19	1.55	(− 0.16, 1.38)	0.08
Old talk	0.49	3.45^a	(1.08, 3.93)	0.13
Age	0.07	0.55	(− 0.05, 0.08)	0.009
FTxAge	− 0.26	− 1.57	(− 0.04, 0.004)	0.006
OTxAge	0.01	0.07	(− 0.03, 0.03)	0.00
General anxiety					0.17	0.21
BMI	0.03	0.58	(− 0.05, 0.09)	0.00
Fat talk	0.07	0.53	(− 0.69, 1.20)	0.08
Old talk	0.15	1.01	(− 0.85, 2.64)	0.00
Age	− 0.41	− 3.17^b	(− 0.21, − 0.05)	0.10
FTxAge	0.02	0.13	(− 0.03, 0.03)	0.00
OTxAge	0.05	0.23	(− 0.04, 0.05)	0.00
Quality of life					0.20	0.27
BMI	− 0.29	− 6.42^a	(− 0.31, − 0.16)	0.08
Fat Talk	− 0.25	− 2.00^c	(− 1.99, − 0.02)	0.07
Old talk	− 0.07	− 0.48	(− 2.26, 1.37)	0.007
Age	0.27	2.09^c	(0.005, 0.17)	0.06
FTxAge	0.27	1.60	(− 0.005, 0.05)	0.002
OTxAge	− 0.31	− 1.39	(− 0.07, 0.01)	0.003

ED Pathology = eating disorder pathology; BMI = body mass index; FTxAge = fat talk and age interaction; OTxAge = old talk and age interaction
^§Cohen’s f² as estimate of effect size: 0.02 = small, 0.15 = medium, 0.35 = large
^ap < 0.001; ^bp = 0.01; ^cp = 0.05

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