About the Authors

Kathryn M. Ross

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

kmross@phhp.ufl.edu

Affiliations Department of Clinical & Health Psychology, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, The Miriam Hospital/Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, Providence, Rhode Island

Abraham Eastman

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical & Health Psychology, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

Umelo A. Ugwoaba

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical & Health Psychology, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

Kathryn E. Demos

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, The Miriam Hospital/Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, Providence, Rhode Island

Jason Lillis

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, The Miriam Hospital/Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, Providence, Rhode Island

Rena R. Wing

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, The Miriam Hospital/Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, Providence, Rhode Island

Competing Interests

Intervention content used in the parent study has been licensed to commercial partners by RRW. KMR, KED, JL, and RRW were employees of Lifespan Corporation during the provision of the parent weight management program and throughout the data collection period. KED, JL, and RRW remained employees of Lifespan Corporation throughout the conduct of the current analyses and preparation of this manuscript. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.