Table 4.

Observed Weight Changes for Children Who Lowered Their Weight Status During 1- and 2-Year Follow-ups^a

Baseline BMI Percentiles	Weight Change at 1-y Follow-up, kg		Weight Change at 2-y Follow-up, kg
	No.	Mean (SD) (Range)	No.	Mean (SD) (Range)
Children Who Converted From Overweight or Obese to Nonoverweight Status
90th–95th percentiles	20	−2.4 (1.9) (0.5 to −7.0)	11	4.1 (3.3) (8.6 to −0.7)
95th–97th percentiles	12	−6.8 (4.1) (−0.7 to −12.6)	10	0.6 (4.7) (7.3 to −5.1)
>97th percentiles	16	−10.3 (4.0) (−3.2 to −18.4)	15	−6.8 (5.0) (−0.9 to −17.1)
Children Who Converted From Obese to Overweight Status
95th–97th percentiles	39	0.7 (3.4) (7.1 to −6.1)	20	9.7 (5.5) (19.5 to −2.8)
>97th percentiles	61	−4.8 (4.6) (3.5 to −16.8)	42	2.1 (4.9) (14.1 to −10.0)

Abbreviation: BMI, body mass index (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared).

^aParticipants were drawn from all available studies, thus some participants are included at only 1 follow-up time point while others were available at both follow-up time points.