Research Article

School-Based Obesity Prevention Intervention in Chilean Children: Effective in Controlling, but not Reducing Obesity

Table 3

Change in overweight and obesity prevalence between boys in control and intervention schools (2011-2012).

VariablesControl Intervention
N = 423N = 364
August
2011
November 2012August
2011
November 2012

Age (y)6.7 (1.1)8 (1.1)6.5 (1.1)7.9 (1.1)
BMI (kg/m2)17.7 (2.6)18.7 (3)17.80 (2.5)18.3 (2.7)
% overweight 28.430.029.427.2
% obesity 26.329.526.628.3