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

Table 4 BMI, % recent weight lost, diet, and physical activity means as a function of lifestyle and weight control factors

Factor	Tertile	BMI	% weight lost	Fat & sugar (z-scores)	Fruits & veggies (z-scores)	Physical activity (kcal per week)
Regularity of meals	Lower	29.0	15.9_a	0.04	−0.22_a	1962
	Middle	28.6†	15.5_a*	0.06	0.13_b**	1777†
	Upper	27.7	17.3_b	−0.09	0.13_b	2253
TV related eating and viewing	Lower	27.8_a	16.4	−0.22_a	−0.05	2168
	Middle	28.0_a**	16.0	0.09_b**	0.04	2011
	Upper	29.5_b	16.3	0.14_b	0.04	1813
Weight control strategies	Lower	29.2_a	14.9_a	0.20_a	−0.18_a	1411_a
	Middle	27.6_b*	16.7_b***	−0.11_b*	0.02_a,b**	1964_b***
	Upper	28.5_a,b	17.0_b	−0.08_b	0.20_b	2612_c
Eating away from home	Lower	27.8	16.7	−0.16_a	0.11_a	2294_a
	Middle	28.7	16.4	−0.02_a,b**	0.08_a*	2106_a***
	Upper	28.8	15.6	0.19_b	−0.16_b	1586_b

All ANOVAs control for age, gender, race (white versus not), and marital status (married versus not). Significance level for overall ANOVAs: † < .10, * p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001. Means with different subscripts differ at p < .05.

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