Table 4 Physical activities/sports reported by successful losers and unsuccessful weight losers – Styles Survey, 2004
From: Dietary and physical activity behaviors among adults successful at weight loss maintenance
Successful | Unsuccessful | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 543) | (n = 1,415) | χ2 | ||||
Activity: | n | % | (se)a | % | (se)a | p-value |
Walking | 1,152 | 61.51 | (2.65) | 56.41 | (1.57) | 0.100 |
Lifting weights | 229 | 19.01 | (2.31) | 10.86 | (1.11) | 0.002* |
Biking | 219 | 15.95 | (2.35) | 10.51 | (0.95) | 0.035 |
Hunting/fishing | 231 | 15.05 | (2.17) | 11.54 | (1.10) | 0.152 |
Exercise class | 209 | 13.77 | (2.07) | 9.35 | (0.82) | 0.049 |
Camping (overnight) | 262 | 13.17 | (1.71) | 14.09 | (1.26) | 0.665 |
Swimming | 240 | 11.93 | (1.77) | 12.83 | (1.07) | 0.664 |
Jogging/running | 136 | 9.86 | (1.57) | 6.71 | (0.79) | 0.073 |
Hiking | 143 | 8.07 | (1.45) | 8.00 | (0.99) | 0.968 |
Basketball | 81 | 7.68 | (1.91) | 3.81 | (0.62) | 0.057 |
Golf | 122 | 7.52 | (1.24) | 6.83 | (0.83) | 0.647 |
Bowling | 126 | 7.34 | (1.73) | 7.09 | (0.81) | 0.895 |
Not specified | 95 | 15.0 | (1.79) | 22.7 | (1.31) | 0.001 |
Yoga/meditation | 83 | 5.52 | (1.13) | 4.07 | (0.66) | 0.268 |
Baseball/softball | 79 | 5.43 | (1.20) | 3.97 | (0.62) | 0.278 |
Tennis | 42 | 3.61 | (1.04) | 2.17 | (0.51) | 0.214 |
Volleyball | 51 | 2.83 | (1.01) | 3.23 | (0.65) | 0.742 |
Skiing/snowboarding | 38 | 2.21 | (0.61) | 2.16 | (0.52) | 0.951 |
Karate/martial artsb | 18 | 1.65 | (0.59) | 0.42 | (0.15) | 0.045 |