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

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of participants.

	Control group (𝑁=24)			Intervention group (𝑁=25)
	Mean ± SD	Minimum	Maximum	Mean ± SD	Minimum	Maximum
Age (years)	13.68 ± 0.49	12.92	14.42	13.98 ± 0.67	12.75	14.92
Weight (kg)	64 ± 6.2	64	90	79.56 ± 12.2	66	113
Height (cm)	159.38 ± 4.7	152	170	159.96 ± 4.87	151	170
% weight for height	145.94 ± 12.55	127.78	180.56	156.13 ± 19.71	126.09	197.90
BMI (kg/m^2)	28.92 ± 2.27	25.66	34.72	31.03 ± 4.0	25.82	40.52