Table 3.

Score sheet for weight reducers and regainers on factors negatively and positively associated with weight loss

	Behavioral factors			Affective factors			Contextual factors			Sum
	meal pattern	physical activity	instrumentalization	comfort eating	reward eating	psychosocial stress	social support
P valuea	0.008	0.275	0.007	0.016	0.15	0.04	0.13	<0.0001
Weight reducers
A1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	9
A2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	9
A3	l	2	2	1	2	2	2	12
A4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7
A5	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	9
A6	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	8
A7	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	10
A8	1	3	1	3	1	2	2	13
A9	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	12
Weight regainers
C1	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	12
C2	2	2	2	2	2		2	15
C3	2	2	2	2	1	1	3	13
C4	2	2	3	1	1	1	2	12
C5	l	l	1	3	1	2	2	11
C6	2	3	2	2	3	1	2	15
C7	2	l	1	2	2	2	2	12
C8	2	3	1	2	1	1	2	12
C9	1	3	1	2	2		2	14
C10	2	3	2	3	3		2	17
C11	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	12
C12	2	2	3	2	2		3	17
C13	2	2	3		3	1	3	17
C14	1	2	3	2	2		2	15
C15	1	3	3		3		2	17
C16	2	3	3		3		2	18
C17	2	2	2	2	2	1	3	14
C18	2	1	2	3	3	3	2	16
C19	2	3	3	1	1		3	16
C20	2	1	3	2	2		2	15

Depending on the degree to which participants endorsed the factor, it was rated as either ‘1 (white)’, ‘2 (grey)’ or ‘3 (black)’. If negatively associated with sustained weight loss, e.g. comfort eating, a high degree was given – the score 3 –, whereas ‘moderate’ or ‘low’ were given the scores 2 and 1, respectively. If positively associated with sustained weight loss, e.g. physical activity, a low degree was given the score 3, whereas ‘moderate’ or ‘high’ were given the score 2 and 1, respectively.

^aThe p value indicates the difference between weight reducers and regainers. A p value below 0.05 was considered significant.