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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 4.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet. 2011 Aug 27;378(9793):10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60812-X. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60812-X

Figure 3. Web-based simulation for setting goals for weight loss and weight-loss maintenance.

Figure 3

The panel located on the top-left part of the simulator window specifies the baseline characteristics of the individual person or population average values. This example selects a 100 kg, 180 cm tall, 23-year-old man. The top-middle panel specifies the goal weight (80 kg) and desired time interval to achieve the goal (180 days). Running the simulation displays the required changes of dietary energy intake to meet the goal and then maintain the weight change. The simulated bodyweight trajectory is graphically displayed in the lower panel. Users can also modify the physical activity to examine how combinations of diet and exercise interventions can achieve the same goal.