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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2017 Nov;25(Suppl 2):S109–S115. doi: 10.1002/oby.22007

Table 3.

Percentage of participants meeting physical activity recommendations of ≥150 minutes per week over time

Baseline 6 months 12 months 18 months
Accelerometer %(N) %(N) %(N) %(N)
Low loss, low regain 4%(1) 8% (2) 14%(3) 8%(2)
Low loss, high regain 0%(0) 6%(1) 0%(0) 11%(2)
High loss, low regain 2%(1) 43%(23) 25%(13) 32%(17)
High loss, high regain 9%(4) 30%(14) 21%(9) 11%(5)
Paffenbarger self – report
Low loss, low regain 17%(4) 57%(13) 36%(8) 26%(6)
Low loss, high regain 22%(4) 58%(10) 35%(6) 39%(7)
High loss, low regain 25%(13) 90%(47) 65%(34) 75%(39)
High loss, high regain 23%(11) 76%(35) 47%(21) 48%(22)

Note:

Low loss, low regain: <10% loss at 6 months, <5% regain at 18 months

Low loss, high regain: <10% loss at 6 months, ≥ 5% regain at 18 months

High loss, low regain: ≥ 10% loss at 6 months, <5% regain at 18 months

High loss, high regain: ≥ 10% loss at 6 months, ≥ 5% regain at 18 months