Reducing anti-fat bias toward the self and others: a randomized controlled trial

Table 1 Baseline demographics, sample characteristics, and anti-fat bias by condition

	Full sample	CD for self-directed AFB	CD for other-directed AFB	Bias-consistent control	F or χ²	p
	M (SD) or No. (%)				F or χ²	p
N	198	67	67	64
Age	18.58 (.93)	18.76 (1.12)	18.52 (.77)	18.45(.87)	3.63	.058
Race
AI/AN	4 (2.02%)	0 (0%)	1 (1.49%)	3 (4.69%)
Asian	26 (13.13%)	11 (16.42%)	7 (10.45%)	8 (12.5%)
Black or AA	2 (1.01%)	1 (1.49%)	1 (1.49%)	0 (0%)
White	178 (89.9%)	62 (92.54%)	60 (89.55%)	54 (84.38%)
Hispanic/Latina	28 (14.07%)	1 (1.52%)	13 (19.4%)	13 (20.31%)	9.13	.003
Sexual orientation^a	142 (71%)	49 (73.1%)	43 (64.2%)	48 (75%)	.046	.831
BMI	22.74 (4.44)	22.68 (4.44)	22.69 (4.32)	22.85 (4.7)	.047	.829
Want to lose weight	138 (69.7%)	48 (71.6%)	43 (64.2%)	47 (73.4%)	.043	.837
Trying to lose weight	96 (48.7%)	31^b (47.0%)	31 (46.3%)	34 (53.1%)	.048	.488
AFAT	1.49 (.32)	1.5 (.29)	1.45 (.27)	1.54 (.38)	.398	.529
GFFS	19.44 (6.03)	19.3 (5.35)	18.92 (6.27)	19.69 (6.3)	.259	.611
WBISM	3.2 (1.5)	3.12 (1.45)	3.11 (1.49)	3.33 (1.56)	.634	.427
IAT D-Score^c	0.43(0.38)	0.41 (0.41)	0.5 (0.35)	0.41 (0.4)	.043	.836

Bold values denote statistically significant differences across randomization condition at the p < .01 level
CD cognitive dissonance, AFB anti-fat bias, AI/AN American Indian/Alaska Native, AA African–American, AFAT anti-fat attitudes, GFFS global fear of fat scare, WBISM weight bias internalization, IAT implicit association test
^aSexual Orientation in terms of n identified as straight/heterosexual (%)
^bMissing response for n = 1 participant
^cIAT D-Scores were calculated such that more positive scores indicate greater implicit anti-fat bias, and more negative scores indicate greater implicit anti-thin bias

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