Virtual body image exercises for people with obesity – results on eating behavior and body perception of the ViTraS pilot study

Table 2 Obesity therapy history of total participants (N = 66)

	VR (N = 31)	Non-VR (N = 35)	P-value
	n (%) or mean ± SD	n (%) or mean ± SD	P-value
Highest amount of weight loss (kg)^a,b	18.4 ± 10.7	14.3 ± 11.0	0.09
Highest body weight (kg)^b,c	111.4 ± 18.0	111.6 ± 19.1	0.85
Weight loss methods used (n)^b,d,e	5.3 ± 2.0	5.2 ± 2.1	0.81
Eating more vegetables and fruits	27 (87.1)	28 (80.0)	0.52
Increasing physical activity	26 (83.9)	29 (82.9)	1
Counting calories	26 (83.9)	25 (71.4)	0.26
Drinking more water	22 (71.0)	21 (60.0)	0.44
Program/course	17 (54.8)	19 (54.3)	1
App	15 (48.4)	15 (42.9)	0.80
Together with a friend	11 (35.5)	13 (37.1)	1
Professional support	7 (22.6)	11 (31.4)	0.58
Asking a physician for advice	8 (25.8)	9 (25.7)	1
Other	4 (12.9)	11 (31.4)	0.09

^aQuestion: “Your biggest weight loss to date was?”
^bNot normally distributed, Mann-Whitney-U test used for comparison
^cQuestion: “What was your highest body weight?”
^dQuestion: “What method(s) have you used to lose weight?”, multiple answers possible
^eCategorical variable, Fisher’s exact test used for comparison

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