Table 1 Participant characteristics and engagement at baseline
Characteristic | Mean (SD) or N (%) |
|---|---|
Initial BMI | 32.74 (9.98) |
Age | 48.99 (14.11) |
Gender | |
 Female | 334 (85) |
 Male | 57 (15) |
Education | |
 Graduate degree | 137 (35) |
 Undergraduate degree | 115 (29) |
 Two-year degree or less | 141 (36) |
Race | |
 White | 342 (87) |
 African American, Asian, and Other Races | 35 (13) |
Ethnicity | |
 Hispanic or Latino | 12 (5) |
 Not Hispanic or Latino | 375 (95) |
Income per household | |
 Under $60,000 | 55 (14) |
 $60–100,000 | 101 (26) |
 $100,000 and over | 161 (41) |
Average weight loss by 16 weeks in kg | 5.59 (SD = 4.49) kg |
Average weight loss by 16 weeks in % | 6.05% (SD = 4.29) |
Average foods logged per week | 48.17 (33.87) |
Average exercises logged per week | 3.24 (4.35) |
Average weigh-ins per week | 6.51 (1.65) |
Average articles read per week | 17.83 (12.75) |
Average messages sent to coach per week | 1.38 (1.75) |
Average app opens per week | 6.21 (1.71) |
Motivation to lose weight on Noom because of COVID-19 | |
 A great deal | 35 (9) |
 A lot | 57 (14) |
 Moderately | 88 (22) |
 Slightly | 81 (21) |
 Not at all | 132 (33) |