Table 2. Yearly weight change (kg/yr) for BMI status and meeting PA guidelines at baseline (MVPA ≥ 30 min/day) for men and women, by site (means ±  standard deviation).

		Ghana	RSA	Jamaica	Seychelles	USA
Men (N = 888)	Normal weight (BMI < 25 kg/m2)	N = 129	N = 146	N = 121	N = 83	N = 49
		0.58 ± 2.09	0.64 ± 3.12	0.14 ± 2.26	0.56 ± 1.88	0.23 ± 2.22
	Overweight (BMI ≥ 25 ≤ 30 kg/m2)	N = 24	N = 30	N = 41	N = 73	N = 53
		0.28 ± 2.12	−0.20 ± 4.68	0.44 ± 3.67	0.66 ± 2.73	−0.27 ± 2.94
	Obese (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2)	N = 3	N = 7	N = 18	N = 42	N = 69
		−2.06 ± 4.67	0.62 ± 3.95	0.21 ± 6.99	−0.28 ± 3.44	−0.16 ± 6.31
Women (N = 1, 055)	Normal weight (BMI < 25 kg/m2)	N = 115	N = 46	N = 50	N = 86	N = 26
		1.37 ± 2.53	1.00 ± 3.30	0.23 ± 1.95	1.29 ± 1.88	1.15 ± 3.14
	Overweight (BMI ≥ 25 ≤ 30 kg/m)2	N = 75	N = 57	N = 41	N = 68	N = 41
		1.08 ± 3.02	1.35 ± 3.41	0.08 ± 3.49	1.30 ± 2.06	0.77 ± 4.08
	Obese (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2)	N = 33	N = 131	N = 95	N = 61	N = 130
		0.72 ± 2.45	0.81 ± 3.44	−0.21 ± 2.84	0.78 ± 2.61	−0.47 ± 4.47
Men (N = 888)	Meets USA PA guidelines	N = 116	N = 140	N = 77	N = 110	N = 65
		0.54 ± 2.21	0.57 ± 3.57	0.59 ± 4.35	0.55 ± 2.18	0.25 ± 5.05
	Does not meet PA guidelines	N = 40	N = 43	N = 103	N = 88	N = 106
		0.30 ± 2.02	0.28 ± 3.02	−0.07 ± 2.77	0.25 ± 3.06	−0.29 ± 4.09
Women (N = 1, 056)	Meets USA PA guidelines	N = 85	N = 58	N = 53	N = 63	N = 29
		1.26 ± 2.50	1.75 ± 3.09	−0.03 ± 3.13	1.44 ± 2.00	−0.35 ± 5.05
	Does not meet PA guidelines	N = 138	N = 176	N = 133	N = 152	N = 169
		1.12 ± 2.81	0.73 ± 3.47	−0.02 ± 2.65	1.03 ± 2.23	0.06 ± 4.14

Notes.

Adjusted for age and time.