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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 30.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Pediatr Obes. 2009;4(3):134–142. doi: 10.1080/17477160802613372

Table III.

Observed and self-report changes over treatment.

n=130 Pre-treatment
Post-treatment
Effect size Cohen’s d
Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
BMI
 Females 32.8 (5.7) 30.3 (5.3) 0.45
 Males 34.5 (6.4) 30.9 (5.3) 0.61
 All subjects 33.5 (5.9) 30.6 (5.3) 0.52
zBMI all subjects 2.2 (0.4) 2.0 (0.4) 0.57
Anti-fat attitudes 33.1 (3.8) 31.8 (3.4) 0.36
Valuing of appearance 3.5 (1.7) 2.8 (1.8) 0.40
Body esteem 6.9 (4.8) 9.6 (5.3) 0.53
Self-esteem 29.6 (5.8) 32.1 (5.0) 0.46
Weight/eating efficacy 109.5 (36.1) 121.4 (35.0) 0.33
Depressive symptoms 35.9 (10.6) 34.6 (9.5)
IWQOL-Kids n=90
 Physical comfort 75.1 (26.4) 85.9 (17.3) 0.48
 Body esteem 54.7 (28.6) 71.5 (25.1) 0.62
 Social life 65.8 (29.5) 79.6 (23.7) 0.51
 Family relationships 83.2 (26.8) 90.8 (19.2)
 Total 67.9 (24.0) 79.8 (20.2) 0.53
PedsQL n=90
 Physical 71.9 (16.6) 79.6 (18.0) 0.44
 Emotional 59.9 (23.3) 72.4 (23.0) 0.54
 Social 67.3 (26.3) 78.2 (21.6) 0.45
 School 70.0 (21.0) 73.6 (22.5)
 Psychosocial summary 65.5 (19.5) 74.6 (17.7) 0.49
 Total 68.4 (15.7) 76.7 (16.2) 0.52

SD: Standard deviation; BMI: Body mass index.

p<0.001.