Research Article
School-Based Obesity Prevention Intervention in Chilean Children: Effective in Controlling, but not Reducing Obesity
Table 2
Comparison of BMI
score and prevalence of obesity by school (2011-2012).
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Sample Size | BMI | % obesity | August 2011 | November 2012 | P | August 2011 | November 2012 | P |
| Intervention schools | | | | | | | | Brigida | 56 | 0.77 (1.7) | 0.91 (1.33) | 0.326 | 23.2 | 23.1 | 0.99 | B. Claro | 114 | 1.45 (1.1) | 1.27 (1.1) |
0.0002
| 28.1 | 25.4 | 0.83 | E. Frei | 249 | 1.14 (1.1) | 1.12 (1.1) | 0.7 | 22.1 | 22.6 | 0.43 | C. Rica | 170 | 1.14 (1.14) | 1.13 (1.14) | 0.814 | 24.0 | 25.1 | 0.95 | R. Francia | 58 | 1.4 (1.4) | 1.31 (1.37) | 0.264 | 26.3 | 25.4 | 0.82 | Control schools | | | | | | | | G. Zañartu | 112 | 1.22 (1.2) | 1.34 (1.2) | 0.08 | 21.4 | 25.4 | 0.27 | J. Toribio | 176 | 1.11 (1.2) | 1.39 (1.1) |
0.0001
| 22.2 | 29.41 |
0.0003
| Lenka | 117 | 1.11 (1.3) | 1.26 (1.3) |
0.0035
| 26.5 | 29.9 | 0.46 | Siria | 416 | 0.99 (1.1) | 1.1 (1.1) |
<0.001
| 16.8 | 18.5 | 0.32 |
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