Research Article

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

Table 4

Physiological changes, comparing baseline with course end measures for overweight or obese participants.

nmean change (%)95% confidence intervalStandard deviationP

Adults obese and overweight
 Body fat %66−1.75%(−3.08–−0.41)5.53%0.010
 BMI67−0.78%(−1.41–−0.14)2.65%0.016
 Waist circumference67−1.95%(−2.82–−1.06)3.68%<0.001
 Hip circumference63−1.32%(−1.99–−0.64)2.73%<0.001
 Heart rate67−1.94%(−4.97–1.1)12.70%0.212
 Systolic blood pressure65−3.68%(−6.83–−0.53)12.96%0.022
 Diastolic blood pressure65−2.34%(−5.51–0.84)13.10%0.151
 Expiratory volume687.56%(3.31–11.8)17.85%<0.001
 Visceral fat48−0.68%(−4.7–3.34)14.23%0.741
 TWB%481.26%(0.53–1.98)2.57%0.001

Children obese and overweight
 Body fat %57−3.20%(−6.15–−0.25)11.36%0.033
 BMI percentile54−1.82%(−3.14–−0.5)4.95%0.007
 Waist circumference57−1.56%(−2.54–−0.58)3.77%0.002
 Heart rate50−6.24%(−11.56–−0.91)19.22%0.022
 Systolic blood pressure482.94%(−2.81–8.69)20.35%0.317
 Diastolic blood pressure486.11%(−2.84–15.06)31.65%0.181
 Expiratory volume589.13%(5.35–12.9)14.67%<0.001