Table 2

Percentage of subjects according to weight category at follow-up. Depending on their body weight at follow-up (2 to 11 years after beginning the program), subjects are placed in the present table in categories ranging from "Heavier than before program" to "Weight loss of more than 25% of initial body weight". For each follow-up period, percentage of subjects who maintain a 5% or a 10% loss from initial body weight is indicated.

Follow-

Same or

Weight

Weight

Weight

Weight

At

At

up

heavier

loss

loss

loss

loss

least a

least a

than

0,1-

5–9,9%

10-

15% or

5%

10%

before

4,9%

14,9%

more

weight

weight

program

loss

loss

2 years

34,5%

21,8%

14,5%

9,1%

20,0%

43,6%

29,1%

(n = 55)

3 years

42,9%

23,8%

14,3%

14,3%

4,8%

33,4%

19,1%

(n = 42)

4 years

52,4%

23,8%

11,9%

4,8%

7,1%

23,9%

11,9%

(n = 42)

5–6 years

50,8%

10,9%

21,8%

9,1%

7,3%

38,2%

16,4%

(n = 55)

7–8 years

58,9%

11,8%

13,7%

11,8%

3,9%

29,4%

15,7%

(n = 51)

9–11

58,7%

21,7%

8,7%

2,2%

8,7%

19,6%

10,9%

years

(n = 46)

2 to 11

49,5%

18,6%

14,4%

8,6%

8,9%

31,9%

17,5%

yrs (all

(n = 144)

(n = 54)

(n = 42)

(n = 25)

(n = 26)

(n = 90)

(n = 48)

subjects)

(n = 291)

5 to 11

56,1%

14,8%

14,7%

7,7%

6,6%

29,1%

14,3%

years

(n = 85)

(n = 22)

(n = 23)

(n = 12)

(n = 10)

(n = 45)

(n = 22)

(n = 152)

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