Two hundred and ninety one (291) women participated in the present study. Subjects were randomly picked us- ing the company's list of clients. In order to assess long- term weight maintenance, only individuals who had en- tered the program at least 2 years earlier were contacted. Pregnant women at the time of interview and individuals who had followed the program for less than a month were excluded from the analysis. Data collection Subjects were contacted by telephone. Those agreeing to take part in the study, representing 90% of the individu- als contacted, were asked a series of questions. Age, height, date of entry in the program, body weight at the beginning of.
