What Behaviors Are Important for Successful Weight Maintenance?
Table 3
Comparisons of participants’ stress, obstacles and support during weight loss program and confidence to continue weight control behaviors in the future between successful weight maintainers and unsuccessful weight maintainers.
USWM
SWM
Crudea
Adjustedb
Total (%)
Total (%)
OR 95% CI
OR 95% CI
(1) Practicing objectives for the diet
Did you feel stress about practicing the dietary objective? (Yes)
53 (52.8)
35 (45.7)
0.75 (0.32–1.77)
0.62 (0.24–1.57)
Did you have any obstacles to practicing the dietary objective? (Yes)
54 (38.9)
36 (30.6)
0.69 (0.28–1.69)
0.80 (0.31–2.03)
Did you receive any support from people around you? (Yes)
54 (48.1)
36 (61.1)
1.69 (0.72–3.99)
1.34 (0.53–3.38)
Are you confident in practicing the dietary objective in the future? (Yes)
54 (72.2)
35 (88.6)
2.98 (0.90–9.89)
3.41 (0.97–12.03)
(2) Increasing physical activity and practice
Did you feel stress about increasing physical activity? (Yes)
54 (55.6)
35 (28.6)
0.32 (0.13–0.79)
0.36 (0.14–0.94)
Did you have any obstacles to increasing physical activity? (Yes)
54 (42.6)
36 (27.8)
0.52 (0.21–1.28)
0.55 (0.21–1.45)
Did you receive any support from people around you? (Yes)
54 (25.9)
36 (36.1)
1.62 (0.65–4.02)
1.65 (0.60–4.54)
Are you confident in increasing physical activity in the future? (Yes)
54 (61.1)
36 (77.8)
2.23 (0.86–5.80)
2.28 (0.79–6.54)
(3) Self-monitoring for weight
Did you feel stress about measuring your weight? (Yes)
54 (38.9)
36 (25.0)
0.52 (0.21–1.33)
0.51 (0.18–1.44)
Did you have any obstacles to measuring your weight? (Yes)
54 (29.6)
36 (16.7)
0.48 (0.17–1.36)
0.47 (0.15–1.45)
Are you confident in measuring your weight in the future? (Yes)
54 (72.2)
36 (86.1)
0.42 (0.14–1.28)
0.39 (0.12–1.31)
SWM: successful weight maintainers, USWM: unsuccessful weight maintainers. alogistic regression analysis.
blogistic regression analysis after adjusting for age, sex, and baseline weight.
