[2] The research has shown that members lost weight by a wide variety of methods.
However, 98% of people modified their food intake and 94% of participants increased their exercise.
After losing weight, almost all of the registry members ate breakfast and weighed themselves regularly, most commonly once per week.
Registry participants watch less television than the average American, which leaves time to engage in about 60 minutes per day of moderate intensity physical activity, or the equivalent.
Research findings from the National Weight Control Registry have been featured in many national newspapers, magazines, and television broadcasts, including: USA Today, Oprah magazine, The Washington Post, and Good Morning America.