Table 2.

Change in self-defined categories of health behaviour, in the six areas of choice, after completing the four-step counselling procedure

Target (area of choice)*	Improvement by 1-2 categories	No change of categories	Deterioration by 1-2 categories
Body weight n=106	43%	53%	4%
Physical activity n=75	52%	35%	13%
Eating pattern n=42	49%	46%	5%
Coping with stress n=38	58%	34%	8%
Smoking n=35	60%	37%	3%
Alcohol consumption n=7	57%	43%	0%
Total n=303	50%	43%	7%

*Numbers of targets (areas of choice) relate to data from 231 participants who completed Step 4, which is equivalent to 303 targets (several participants defined more than one target for their personal project). Of all participants completing Step 4 (n=350), data on these Step 4 target ratings were missing in 119 participants, as the visual tool in Step 4 was designed as counselling support and not primarily as data collection tool.