Evaluation of “One Body, One Life”: A Community-Based Family Intervention for the Prevention of Obesity in Children

Table 2

Baseline data for OBOL participants, comparing those who completed the course with those who did not complete.

	Completed course				Did not complete course				P value*
	Adults		Children		Adults		Children		Adults	Children
Gender
Male	18	13%	111	50%	7	16%	16	31%	0.68	0.017
Female	119	87%	110	50%	38	84%	35	69%	0.875	0.155
Not known	0		<5		0		0
Ethnicity
Asian	22	18%	39	21%	<5	10%	5	11%	0.216	0.102
Black	7	6%	10	5%	<5	7%	<5	9%	0.733	0.457
Mixed	<5	2%	<5	2%	<5	5%	6	13%	0.369	0.013
White	93	75%	129	71%	33	79%	32	68%	0.641	0.709
Not given	11		38		<5		<5
Other	<5		<5		0		0
BMI
Obese	53	39%	40	19%	16	36%	6	10%	0.72	0.133
Overweight	36	26%	30	14%	13	29%	6	10%	0.743	0.410
Healthy weight	45	33%	130	63%	15	33%	47	77%	0.954	0.067
Underweight	<5	2%	7	3%	<5	2%	<5	3%	0.991	0.973
Not known			<5		0		<5
Deprivation quintile
1-Most deprived	47	52%	73	47%	16	41%	19	44%	0.271	0.709
2	23	25%	47	31%	12	31%	15	35%	0.522	0.588
3	19	21%	32	21%	9	23%	6	14%	0.782	0.324
4	<5	1%	0	0%	<5	3%	<5	2%
5-Least deprived	<5	1%	<5	1%	<5	3%	<5	5%
Not provided	46		68		6		8
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Healthy living quiz	68.2	18.7	66.3	20.5	71.0	12.4	66.5	22.9	0.274	0.944
Weekly activity	10.5	6.0	9.9	6.3	10.0	7.6	10.8	8.1	0.691	0.431
Fruit and vegetable consumption	2.9	1.5	2.9	1.6	3.1	1.5	2.9	1.5	0.312	0.99
Crisps, chips, and sweets	1.5	1.2	1.8	1.3	1.5	1.2	1.9	1.2	0.978	0.858
Fast food	1.2	1.0	1.4	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.6	1.3	0.53	0.613

P value is test difference between completed and dropped out.
SD: Standard deviation.