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).
| Variables | Control | Intervention | N = 423 | N = 364 | August 2011 | November 2012 | August 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 | 28.4 | 30.0 | 29.4 | 27.2 | % obesity | 26.3 | 29.5 | 26.6 | 28.3 |
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