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. 2010 Dec;100(12):2513–2519. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.183616

TABLE 2.

Use of Behavioral Strategies by Participants Before and After the Program for Studies 1 and 2 (Completers Only): Shape Up RI (SURI), 2008–2009

Standard SURI
SURI Plus Lessons (Study 1) or SURI Enhanced (Study 2)
Before, Mean ±SD or % After, Mean ±SD or % Before, Mean ±SD or % After, Mean ±SD or % Time x Group, P
Study 1
Exercise,a kcal/wk 984 ±1077 1718 ±1762 1258 ±1437 2009 ±1949 .74
Total no. of strategies 5.9 ±3.6 8.6 ±3.8 6.3 ±3.5 9.5 ±3.7 .39
Self-weighing daily 18.6 21.2 23.2 30.4 .66
Use of specific strategies
    Graph weight 5.8 15.3 12.2 23.2 .90
    Reduce calorie intake 57.0 71.8 61.0 81.7 .28
    Record intake daily 18.6 25.9 23.2 36.6 .46
    Count calories 17.4 32.9 23.2 47.6 .61
    Record exercise daily 14.0 51.8 17.1 47.6 .44
Study 2
Exercise,a kcal/wk 1071 ±931 1565 ±1206 1435 ±1771 2769 ±2506 .08
Total no. of strategies 5.0 ±4.5 8.3 ±3.3 6.8 ±3.6 12.0 ±4.2 .03
Self-weighing daily 20.0 28.9 12.2 67.6 < .01
Use of specific strategies
    Graph weight 17.8 23.7 7.3 44.6 < .01
    Reduce calorie intake 53.3 68.4 68.3 87.8 .35
    Record intake daily 22.2 26.3 18.3 75.7 < .01
    Count calories 15.6 26.3 15.9 79.7 < .01
    Record exercise daily 8.9 47.4 7.3 68.9 .19

Note. Standard SURI is the standard SURI program; SURI plus lessons (study 1 only) is the standard SURI program plus video lessons; SURI enhanced (study 2 only) is the standard SURI program plus video lessons and daily self-monitoring of behaviors with automated feedback.

a

Because of positive skew, analysis was performed on log-transformed values.