Research Article

What Behaviors Are Important for Successful Weight Maintenance?

Table 4

Comparisons of participants’ weight control practice, stress, obstacles and support during follow-up period and confidence in the future between successful weight maintainers and unsuccessful weight maintainers.

USWMSWMCrudeaAdjustedb
Total (%)Total (%)OR95% CIOR95% CI

(1) Setting objectives for diet and practice
 Did you set an dietary objective during the past year? (Yes)54 (64.8)36 (77.8)1.90 (0.72–4.98)2.47 (0.84–7.25)
 Did you practice the dietary objective? (Yes)52 (75.0)35 (74.3)0.96 (0.36–2.58)1.05 (0.36–3.07)
 Did you feel stress about practicing the dietary objective? (Yes)43 (46.5)31 (32.3)0.55 (0.21–1.43)0.68 (0.25–1.87)
 Did you receive any support from people around you? (Yes)44 (47.7)31 (54.8)1.33 (0.53–3.34)1.12 (0.42–3.03)
 Are you confident in practicing the dietary objective in the future? (Yes)53 (43.0)36 (80.6)5.40 (2.01–14.51)5.45 (1.92–15.45)
(2) Setting objectives for increasing physical activity and practice
 Did you set an objective for increasing physical activity during the past  year? (Yes)54 (53.7)36 (44.4)0.69 (0.30–1.61)0.63 (0.26–1.52)
 Did you feel stress about increasing physical activity? (Yes)45 (48.9)34 (41.2)0.73 (0.30–1.80)0.88 (0.34–2.32)
 Did you have any obstacles to increasing physical activity? (Yes)48 (31.3)34 (41.2)1.54 (0.62–3.85)2.12 (0.75–6.00)
 Did you receive any support from people around you? (Yes)48 (29.2)34 (32.4)1.16 (0.45–3.01)1.17 (0.44–3.14)
 Are you confident in increasing physical activity in the future? (Yes)54 (63.0)36 (52.8)0.66 (0.28–1.55)0.56 (0.22–1.40)
(3) Self-monitoring for weight
 Did you measure your weight? (Yes)54 (79.6)36 (94.4)4.35 (0.90–20.95)5.84 (1.11–30.88)
 Did you feel stress about measuring your weight? (Yes)47 (27.7)34 (2.9)0.08 (0.01–0.64)0.05 (0.01–0.55)
 Did you have any obstacles to measuring your weight? (Yes)47 (14.9)34 (17.6)1.22 (0.37–4.04)0.92 (0.24–3.60)
 Are you confident in measuring your weight in the future? (Yes)53 (52.8)36 (75.0)2.68 (1.06–6.77)2.79 (1.06–7.34)
(4) Self-monitoring for practice
 Did you keep records for assessing your practice every day? (Yes)54 (24.1)36 (52.8)3.52 (1.43–8.71)3.26 (1.29–8.22)
 Did you feel stress about assessing your practice and keeping records  every day? (Yes)42 (73.8)30 (50.0)0.35 (0.13–0.96)0.37 (0.13–1.04)
 Did you have any obstacles to assess your practice and keep records  every day? (Yes)43 (32.6)32 (28.1)0.81 (0.30–2.20)0.74 (0.25–2.14)
 Are you confident in assessing your practice and keeping records every  day in the future? (Yes)53 (32.1)36 (58.3)2.96 (1.23–7.14)2.71 (1.08–6.81)
(5) Self-monitoring for diet
 Did you keep records for eating at least once a week? (Yes)54 (22.2)36 (36.1)1.98 (0.78–5.04)2.07 (0.78–5.51)
 Did you have any obstacles to keep records for eating? (Yes)47 (40.4)34 (38.2)0.91 (0.37–2.25)0.95 (0.36–2.48)
 Are you confident in keeping records for eating in the future? (Yes)53 (28.3)36 (33.3)1.27 (0.51–3.16)1.40 (0.52–3.74)

SWM: Successful weight maintainers, USWM: Unsuccessful weight maintainers. aLogistic regression analysis.
bLogistic regression analysis after adjusting for age, sex and baseline weight.