Table 5 Changes from baseline in affected nodes with Scenario 3 ‘certainty for less healthy eating behaviours’.

From: A novel, complex systems approach to modelling risk of psychological distress in young adolescents

Node

State

Baseline %

Scenario ‘certainty for less healthy eating behaviours’ %

\({\text{Change}} \Delta_{\% }\)*

QOL physical health

Low

2

33

1550

High

98

67

− 32

Psychological distress

Well

83

61

− 27

Mild

11

12

9

Moderate

3

21

600

Severe

2

6

200

  1. *\(\Delta _{\% } = \frac{{P_{{{\text{evidence }} - { }}} P_{{{\text{baseline}}}} }}{{P_{{{\text{baseline}}}} }} \times 100\%.\)