1. The Long-term Effectiveness of a Lifestyle Intervention in Severely Obese Individuals 
Jessica L. Unick, PhD, Daniel Beavers, PhD, Dale S. Bond, PhD, Jeanne M. Clark, MD, MPH, John M. Jakicic, PhD, Abbas E. Kitabchi, PhD, MD, William C. Knowler, MD, DrPH, Thomas A. Wadden, PhD, Lynne E. Wagenknecht, DrPH, Rena R. Wing, PhD 
The American Journal of Medicine 
Volume 126, Issue 3, Pages e2 (March 2013)
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2. Figure 1
Percent change in body weight for intensive lifestyle intervention and diabetes support and education participants stratified by body mass index (BMI) category. Solid lines represent diabetes support and education (DSE) participants and dashed lines represent intensive lifestyle intervention (ILI) participants. BMI categories defined as follows: overweight (25 ≤BMI <30), class I obese (30 ≤BMI <35), class II obese (35 ≤BMI <40), severely obese (BMI ≥40).
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3. Figure 2
Percentage of intensive lifestyle intervention participants in each body mass index (BMI) category achieving a weight loss ≥5%, 7%, and 10% at Year 4. *Indicates that severely obese are significantly different from overweight (P <.05); + indicates that severely obese are significantly different from class I obese (P <.05).
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