Lifestyle patterns associated with diet, physical activity, body mass index and amount of recent weight loss in a sample of successful weight losers

Fuglestad, Paul T; Jeffery, Robert W; Sherwood, Nancy E

doi:10.1186/1479-5868-9-79

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Table 2 BMI, % recent weight lost, diet, and physical activity means as a function of lifestyle and weight control behaviors

From: Lifestyle patterns associated with diet, physical activity, body mass index and amount of recent weight loss in a sample of successful weight losers

Lifestyle behaviors	Level	BMI	% weight lost	Fat & sugar (z-scores)	Fruits & veggies (z-scores)	Physical activity (kcal per week)
Eat breakfast	< daily	29.0	15.6†	0.02	−0.15*	1743*
	daily	28.2	16.5	−0.01	0.10	2156
Eat lunch	< daily	29.0†	15.6†	0.01	−0.21***	1938
	daily	28.1	16.5	−0.01	0.13	2054
Eat dinner	< daily	29.1	16.0	−0.01	−0.16*	2017
	daily	28.3	16.2	0.01	0.07	1993
Eat after 7 p.m.	< 3/week	28.0†	15.6†	−0.03	−0.001	1934
	3 +/week	28.9	16.6	0.02	0.01	2043
Snack with TV	< 3/week	28.4	15.8†	−0.06†	−0.04	2095
	3 +/week	28.7	16.8	0.11	0.09	1847
Meal with TV	< 3/week	28.2	16.3	−0.04	−0.07	2020
	3 +/week	28.7	16.1	0.04	0.09	1987
TV viewing	< 2 hr/day	27.9**	16.6†	−0.07†	0.06	2150*
	2 + hr/day	29.2	15.6	0.09	−0.06	1826
Food from work	none	28.6	16.2	0.01	0.08†	1996
	1 +/week	28.3	16.1	−0.01	−0.10	2005
Food from sit down	none	28.4	16.1	−0.06	0.01	1883
	1 +/week	28.5	16.2	0.03	0.004	2026
Food from fast food	none	28.1†	17.0**	−0.07	0.17***	2171*
	1 +/week	28.9	15.3	0.08	−0.17	1818
Food from convenience store	none	28.2**	16.3	−0.07***	0.02	2017
	1 +/week	30.1	15.5	0.42	−0.10	1904
Food from fundraiser	none	28.6	16.2	−0.03**	0.01	2020
	1 +/week	27.4	15.4	0.55	−0.10	1621
Self-weighing	< daily	28.7	16.3	0.09†	0.001	1900
	daily or more	28.3	16.0	−0.09	0.01	2110
Write down calorie content	rarely or less	28.5	15.7***	0.05†	−0.09***	1893*
	sometimes or more	28.3	17.6	−0.14	0.28	2315
Write down exercise	rarely or less	28.4	16.0	0.03	−0.03	1680***
	sometimes or more	28.6	16.4	−0.04	0.06	2486
Use meal replacements	rarely or less	28.4	15.8*	0.001	−0.002	2044
	sometimes or more	28.9	17.4	0.01	0.02	1834
Plan meals	sometimes or less	29.2*	15.0**	0.20**	−0.26***	1720*
	often or more	28.1	16.8	−0.10	0.14	2142
Plan exercise	sometimes or less	28.8	15.5*	0.11†	−0.08	1236***
	often or more	28.3	16.6	−0.06	0.05	2459

All ANOVAs control for age, gender, race (white versus not), and marital status (married versus not). Significance level of mean differences: † p < .10, * p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001.

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