Table 3.

Frequency of Diets Initiated in the Previous Year, by Weight Loss Success Group¹

	Most Successful			Intermediate			Least Successful
Number of diets	Freq.	%	Cum.%	Freq.	%	Cum.%	Freq.	%	Cum.%
0	25	58	58	24	52	52	10	25	25
1	7	16	74	10	22	74	14	34	59
2	8	19	93	6	13	87	6	15	73
3+	3	7	100	6	13	100	11	27	100
Weight loss (kg)
Mean		-6.3			-2.7			0.3
SD		2.1			1.0			1.7

¹Groups defined based on tertiles of 4-month weight loss adjusted for baseline weight.