Table 3.
Change in self-reported weight related behaviours of those who successfully filled in questionnaires in Group 1 (17-week program) and Group 2 (17-week program with maintenance).
| Number of answers | Increased to or maintained good behaviour |
P
between Group 1 and Group 2 |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group 1/Group 2 | Group 1 N (%) |
Group 2 N (%) |
||
| Exercise twice weekly or more | ||||
| 0–17 weeks | 65/73 | 51 (78.5) | 48 (66) | 0.13 |
| 0–69 weeks | 80/59 | 42 (52.5) | 42 (71) | 0.035 |
| 0–121 weeks | 48/44 | 29 (60) | 24 (54.5) | 0.07 |
| Eating 3 meals daily | ||||
| 0–17 weeks | 66/73 | 52 (79) | 52 (71) | 0.33 |
| 0–69 weeks | 83/59 | 48 (58) | 33 (56) | 0.38 |
| 0–121 weeks | 51/43 | 33 (65) | 26 (60.5) | 0.83 |
| Choosing low fat food daily | ||||
| 0–17 weeks | 66/73 | 64 (97) | 69 (94.5) | 0.58 |
| 0–69 weeks | 83/59 | 57 (69) | 53 (90) | 0.004 |
| 0–121 weeks | 51/43 | 46 (90) | 37 (86) | 0.75 |
| Weighing weekly | ||||
| 0–17 weeks | 66/73 | 61 (92) | 72 (99) | 0.10 |
| 0–69 weeks | 82/59 | 50 (61) | 46 (78) | 0.04 |
| 0–121 weeks | 51/43 | 28 (55) | 27 (63) | 0.53 |