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).

VariablesControl Intervention
N = 400N = 287
August
2011
November 2012August
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)
% overweight33.834.526.632.6
% obesity13.317.0 2118.8