Table 5.

Themes and Representative Quotes for Patient-Reported Measures of Success

Measures of Success: Sense of Progress	Representative Quotations
Emotional	“One thing they [children who got to a healthier weight] would be happy about is that of all of the progress of exercising and eating healthier has paid off.” (11yo boy, Group #1) “You just feel better. And about yourself of course. You feel better about yourself that you made an accomplishment that you knew you was going for.” (12yo boy, Group #4)
Appearance	“They feel proud … that they lost all the weight so they can fit into things.” (11yo boy, Group #2) “If they go to school they won’t be sad to wear the clothes they have.” (10yo boy, Group #3)
Social	“They can finally fit in.” (11yo boy, Group #1) “Just won’t make fun of them because he’s one of them now.” (10yo boy, Group #3) “They will be more social. They’ll get out and talk to people more and stop being so shy.” (11yo boy, Group #3)
Physical Fitness	“After a while, I’ve been noticing that my knees never started hurting after I’ve been losing weight and stuff… I felt happy because … I got to be with the other kids that could run fast and stuff.” (10yo boy, Group #3)