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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prev Med. 2009 Aug 18;49(5):384–389. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.08.004

Table 5.

Maintenance-Tailored Therapy participants’ mean change in weight (kg) during units and break.

Units/Breaks Mean (SE) Unit content
Unit 1 (Sessions 1–8) −4.1 (0.3) Food calorie counting and goal setting
      n 103
Break 1 −1.3 (0.2)
      n 96
Unit 2 (Sessions 9–16) −1.3 (0.2) Walking 10,000 steps per day
      n 94
Break 2 −0.5 (0.2)
      n 89
Unit 3 (Sessions 17–24) −1.6 (0.2) Structured meals/meal replacement
      n 81
Break 3 +0.4 (0.2)
      n 86
Unit 4 (Sessions 25–32) +0.05 (0.2) 3,000 kcal exercise per week
      n 76
Break 4 +0.3 (0.2)
      n 71
Unit 5 (Sessions 33–44) −0.4 (0.2) Stop Light Diet
      n 63
Break 5 +0.2 (0.1)
      n 63
Unit 6 (Sessions 41–48) −1.6 (0.2) Deposit contracts
      n 69

Note: Table entries are means (SE).

Study conducted between January 2005 and September 2007, University of Minnesota, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health