The Effectiveness of School-Based Nutritional Education Program among Obese Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Study

Table 2

Changes of growth parameters and dietary caloric intake of participants in each group.

	Control group (𝑁=24)			Intervention group (𝑁=25)
	Mean	95% CI	𝑃	Mean	95% CI	𝑃
Anthropometry
ΔBW (kg)	0.25 ± 3.91	−1.4 to 1.9	0.38	0.68 ± 2.82	−0.49 to 1.85	0.12
ΔBMI (kg/m^2)	−0.51 ± 1.57	−1.17 to 0.15	0.063	−0.53 ± 1.16	−1.01 to −0.05	0.016*
Δ% Wt/Ht	1.10 ± 6.31	−1.57 to 3.77	0.201	1.93 ± 6.2	−0.63 to 4.49	0.065
Dietary caloric intake
ΔTotal calorie (kcal)	37.52 ± 43.64	−65.36 to 40.4	0.23	−55.18 ± 164.1	−122.94 to 12.6	0.053
Δ% Fat containing	2.54 ± 10.15	−1.75 to 6.82	0.11	−0.54 ± 9.68	−4.54 to 3.46	0.39
ΔHealthy dieting attitude score	0 ± 0.66	−2.78 to 2.78	0.5	1 ± 1.08	0.55 to 1.45	<0.001*

*Significance level tested using paired sample 𝑡-test, 𝑃 value < 0.05.