Pretreatment, psychological, and behavioral predictors of weight outcomes among lifestyle intervention participants in the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP).

Moving beyond previous analyses showing that race, older age, and higher initial body weight are highly significant predictors of weight loss ( 24 ), we have now found that several additional baseline patient characteristics were independent and durable predictors of successful weight loss with the DPP lifestyle program at end of study in multivariate models: older age when first overweight, fewer previous self-implemented weight loss attempts, greater exercise self-efficacy, fewer fat-related dietary behaviors, greater dietary restraint, and a more sedentary activity level.

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