Table 2.
Characteristics of Intervention and Comparison Group Students in Pilot Study: Gender, Grade, Body Mass Index Percentiles (BMI-p), and Change in BMI-p
| Total N (%) |
Comparison n (%) |
Intervention n (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|||
| Total | 171 | 33 | 138 |
| Gender | |||
| Girls | 77 (45) | 14 (42) | 63 (46) |
| Boys | 94 (55) | 19 (58) | 75 (54) |
| Grade | |||
| Grade 1 to 5 | 147 (86) | 25 (76) | 122 (88) |
| Grade 6 to 9 | 24 (14) | 8 (24) | 16 (12) |
| First BMI-p* classification | 127 | 32 | 95 |
| Underweight | 4 (3) | 0 | 4 (4) |
| Normal weight | 63 (50) | 26 (81) | 37 (39) |
| Overweight | 26 (20) | 3 (9.5) | 23 (24) |
| Obese | 34 (27) | 3 (9.5) | 31 (33) |
| Second BMI-p* classification | 112 | 31 | 81 |
| Underweight | 5 (4) | 0 | 5 (6) |
| Normal weight | 53 (47) | 24 (77) | 29 (36) |
| Overweight | 23 (21) | 4 (13) | 19 (23) |
| Obese | 31 (28) | 3 (10) | 28 (35) |
| Change in BMI-p* | 110 | 31 | 79 |
| Decrease | 59 (54) | 14 (45) | 45 (57) |
| No change | 20 (18) | 6 (19) | 14 (18) |
| Increase | 31 (28) | 11 (36) | 20 (25) |
*
Body Mass Index percentiles (BMI-p) for age and gender