Participant retention
Participant retention was low, with 32 (3 %) participants across the sample completing the 3-month follow-up AES, 88 (9 %) completing the 6-month follow-up AES and 141 (14 %) completing the 12-month follow-up AES. Retention at 3, 6 and 12 months was 2 %, 10 % and 16 % for Group 1, 4 %, 8 % and 12 % for Group 2, and 4 %, 9 % and 14 % for Group 3, respectively. There were no baseline differences in socio-demographic characteristics, diet quality or BMI between those participants who were lost to follow-up and those who were retained in the study. In Group 3, fifty-two (15 %) eligible participants completed the dietitian consultation. Comparing the fifty-two participants who completed the dietitian consultation with the remainder of Group 3 (