Determinants of Weight Loss in an Interdisciplinary Long-Term Care Program for Childhood Obesity

Table 3

Influence of dietary factors assessed at the first visit on the weight change observed at 9 months of intervention.

Factors studied	No/low^a	Intermediate^b	Yes/high^c	𝑃 value
Significative
Daily water intake	−0.16 ± 0.04		−0.25 ± 0.04	𝑃=0.046
Daily soft drinks intake	−0.38 ± 0.06	−0.15 ± 0.03	+0.08 ± 0.07	𝑃=0.00006
Nonsignificative
Daily fruits intake	−0.18 ± 0.04	−0.25 ± 0.04	−0.32 ± 0.08	𝑃=0.16 NS
Eating breakfast every day	−0.18 ± 0.05		−0.25 ± 0.04	𝑃=0.22 NS
2 hot meals a day	−0.23 ± 0.04		−0.16 ± 0.06	𝑃=0.29 NS
Daily juice intake	−0.20 ± 0.05	−0.22 ± 0.03	−0.23 ± 0.04	𝑃=0.73 NS
Daily vegetables intake	−0.25 ± 0.04	−0.20 ± 0.04	−0.15 ± 0.07	𝑃=0.31 NS
Daily soup intake	−0.23 ± 0.04	−0.21 ± 0.04	−0.19 ± 0.07	𝑃=0.68 NS
Daily cookies intake	−0.39 ± 0.11	−0.30 ± 0.06	−0.21 ± 0.03	𝑃=0.12 NS
Snacker	−0.15 ± 0.05		−0.24 ± 0.04	𝑃=0.15 NS
Large portions	−0.24 ± 0.05		−0.21 ± 0.04	𝑃=0.55 NS

Data are expressed as change in mean BMI-z-score ± SEM at 9 months of intervention. 𝑃<0.05, significant. NS: not significant.
^aLow means not every day or never.
^bIntermediate means every day but in a low quantity (1-2).
^cHigh means every day in a high quantity (>2).