Research Article
School-Based Obesity Prevention Intervention in Chilean Children: Effective in Controlling, but not Reducing Obesity
Table 4
Change in overweight and obesity prevalence between girls in control and intervention schools (2011-2012).
| Variables | Control | Intervention | N = 400 | N = 287 | August 2011 | November 2012 | August 2011 | November 2012 |
| Age (y) | 6.7 (1) | 7.9 (1) | 6.5 (1) | 7.8 (1) | BMI (kg/m2) | 17.4 (2.3) | 18.3 (2.6) | 17.6 (2.6) | 18.3 (2.9) | % overweight | 33.8 | 34.5 | 26.6 | 32.6 | % obesity | 13.3 | 17.0 | 21 | 18.8 |
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