Table 3.

Rate of weight change (kg) throughout the phases of the programme.

Phase	Mean	SD	Median	Interquartile range 25th; 75th percentiles
Weeks 1–8	−11.9	7.5	−11.2	−14.7; −8.2
Weeks 9–16	−4.8	4.3	−4.8	−7.1; −2.4
Weeks 17–24	0.1	12.7	−1.2	−3.2; 0.2

p < 0.001 for the Kruskal-Wallis test across the 3 phases.