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Table 2 Reading grade level estimates and descriptive data of included resources

From: Readability and content analysis of lifestyle education resources for weight management in Australian general practice

No.

Title

Flesch reading ease

FKGLa

Fry Readability

SMOGb Grade

Average

Standard deviation

Type of publisher

Year published

1

Body weight and cancer risk

7.0

8.6

9.0

10.6

8.8

1.5

Not-for-profit

2014

2

Physical Activity

10.0

11.2

14.0

12.9

12.0

1.8

Not-for-profit

2014

3

Want to get more life out of life? You can do something positived

8.0

9.3

12.0

10.1

9.9

1.7

Government

2010

4

Eat for health

7.0

6.6

7.0

9.6

7.6

1.4

Not-for-profit

NAc

5

Move your body

8.5

7.8

9.0

10.9

9.1

1.3

Not-for-profit

NA

6

Stay in shape

7.0

7.0

7.0

10.1

7.8

1.6

Not-for-profit

NA

7

Why be active?

11.0

11.0

11.0

13.3

11.6

1.2

Not-for-profit

NA

8

Very low calorie diets: What you need to knowe

8.0

9.2

15.0

12.4

11.2

3.2

Commercial

NA

9

Lifestyle choices for better health

11.0

10.5

10.0

13.2

11.2

1.4

Not-for-profit

2012

10

Medically supervised weight-loss programf

7.71

7.0

9.1

9.9

8.4

1.3

Commercial

NA

11

Healthy eating

12.0

12.8

9.0

14.4

12.1

2.3

Commercial

2005

12

Healthy takeaways

7.0

7.8

8.0

11.1

8.5

1.8

Commercial

2005

13

High protein diets

9.0

8.7

11.0

11.2

10.0

1.3

Commercial

2004

14

Reading food labels

8.5

9.7

4.0

13.2

8.9

3.8

Commercial

2005

15

The facts on fat

8.0

9.3

9.0

12.6

9.7

2.0

Commercial

2005

16

Weight control

7.0

8.2

7.0

11.7

8.5

2.2

Commercial

2005

17

Achieving an adequate diet

8.0

9.1

12.0

11.5

10.2

1.9

Commercial

2009

18

Achieving and maintaining a healthy weight

7.0

6.7

7.0

9.6

7.6

1.4

Commercial

2008

19

Dietary guidelines for healthy eating

8.0

8.5

10.0

11.4

9.5

1.5

Commercial

2009

20

Exercise: easing into it

8.0

8.6

9.0

11.6

9.3

1.6

Commercial

2006

21

Heart disease reduce the risk

7.0

5.9

8.0

9.0

7.5

1.3

Commercial

2009

22

Obesity Q and A

9.0

7.2

8.0

10.1

8.6

1.3

Commercial

2010

23

Physical activity and exercise: getting started

12.0

9.6

14.0

12.0

11.9

1.8

Commercial

2009

  1. a FKGL flesch-kincaid grade level
  2. b SMOG simplified measure of gobbledygook
  3. c NA not available
  4. dThis resource was available in English and in Arabic. It has been discontinued from publication
  5. eThis resource is an advertisement for a meal replacement product as part of a very low calorie diet
  6. fThis is a series of educational resources as part of Professor Trim’s medically supervised weight-loss program