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. 2018 Apr 26;10:346–352. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2018.04.013

Table 2.

Effect of Healthy Habits, Healthy Girls, Brazil program of outcome variables of adolescents. Sao Paulo, 2015.

Variables Groups Baseline (T1)
Immediate post-intervention (T2)
6-month post-intervention (T3)
F
Cohen's D
Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) p-Value
Physical variable
Weight (kg) Intervention 58.65 (11.25) 59.68 (10.88) 58.97 (10.57) 2.12 −0.042
Control 57.38 (10.82) 58.40 (10.92) 58.51 (11.15) 0.135
Height (cm) Intervention 1.60 (0.05) 1.61 (0.06) 1.61 (0.06) 1.912 0.167
Control 1.61 (0.06) 1.61 (0.06) 1.62 (0.06) 0.166
Waist circumference (cm) Intervention 74.61 (9.57) 74.52 (9.21) 76.73 (8.71) 3.314 0.102
Control 73.85 (10.28) 74.80 (10.17) 77.69 (10.24) 0.038
BMI (kg/m2) Intervention 22.43 (3.78) 22.70 (3.67) 22.48 (3.50) 0.426 −0.023
Control 22.21 (3.49) 22.42 (3.46) 22.40 (3.61) 0.602
BMI Z score Intervention 0.41 (1.15) 0.29 (0.90) 0.20 (0.79) 1.028 −0.121
Control 0.16 (1.18) 0.26 (0.94) 0.11 (0.68) 0.055



Behavioral variables
Light PA (h/week) Intervention 125.13 (131.81) 157.60 (142.48) 132.53 (139.30) 0.578 −0.173
Control 119.64 (146.76) 121.42 (133.86) 108.57 (133.82) 0.549
Moderate PA (h/week) Intervention 46.04 (19.06) 44.37 (16.20) 42.70 (18.61) 0.189 −0.428
Control 36.78 (12.91) 39.64 (16.50) 35.71 (12.81) 0.807
Extensive PA (h/week) Intervention 38.66 (17.66) 43.52 (25.75) 44.15 (25.55) 0.156 −0.366
Control 31.07 (3.90) 33.92 (12.42) 36.07 (16.58) 0.856
TV weekdays (h/day) Intervention 1.11 (1.03) 1.24 (1.09) 1.47 (1.28) 5.128 −0.135
Control 1.61 (1.06) 1.21 (1.08) 1.31 (1.06) <0.01
TV weekends (h/day) Intervention 1.75 (1.44) 1.82 (1.42) 2.27 (1.49) 5.46 −0.295
Control 2.29 (1.53) 2.15 (1.56) 1.88 (1.07) <0.01
Computer weekdays (h/day) Intervention 2.10 (1.32) 1.87 (1.47) 1.81 (1.55) 0.856 −0.099
Control 2.18 (1.53) 1.95 (1.82) 1.65 (1.68) 0.425
Computer weekends (h/day) Intervention 2.71 (1.08) 2.29 (1.70) 2.32 (1.66) 0.737 −0.149
Control 2.35 (1.63) 2.22 (1.68) 2.07 (1.69) 0.480
Sedentary weekdays (h/day) Intervention 3.22 (2.25) 3.11 (1.90) 3.28 (2.35) 3.315 −0.14
Control 3.79 (2.07) 3.17 (2.17) 2.97 (2.01) 0.040
Sedentary weekends (h/day) Intervention 4.46 (2.69) 4.12 (2.41) 4.59 (2.65) 2.236 −0.257
Control 4.64 (2.55) 4.38 (2.33) 3.96 (2.17) 0.109
Rice Group (servings/day) Intervention 8.62 (4.27) 6.93 (4.19) 9.66 (4.30) 0.514 −0.205
Control 8.51 (3.71) 6.71 (4.68) 8.81 (3.94) 0.599
Veggies group (servings/day) Intervention 4.22 (3.32) 4.07 (3.15) 5.09 (3.45) 2.049 −0.35
Control 4.24 (3.17) 2.75 (2.60) 3.92 (3.21) 0.133
Fruits group (servings/day) Intervention 0.72 (0.60) 1.13 (0.91) 1.23 (1.12) 0.033 −0.008
Control 0.78 (0.61) 1.13 (0.87) 1.22 (1.56) 0.948
Milk group (servings/day) Intervention 2.14 (1.40) 1.74 (1.13) 2.29 (1.99) 1.029 0.051
Control 2.17 (1.17) 2.26 (1.52) 2.38 (1.41) 0.359
Meats group (servings/day) Intervention 2.11 (0.90) 1.89 (0.95) 1.88 (1.08) 0.704 0.274
Control 2.06 (0.91) 1.82 (0.74) 2.16 (0.94) 0.486
Beans group (servings/day) Intervention 1.53 (0.81) 1.45 (0.76) 1.53 (0.96) 0.245 0.011
Control 1.56 (0.71) 1.58 (0.65) 1.54 (0.83) 0.783
Oils group (servings/day) Intervention 3.97 (1.22) 3.49 (1.17) 3.66 (1.35) 0.728 0.187
Control 3.95 (1.38) 3.89 (0.89) 3.90 (1.19) 0.484
Sweets group (servings/day) Intervention 4.33 (1.13) 3.37 (1.33) 3.17 (1.46) 2.439 0.592
Control 4.30 (1.14) 3.64 (1.16) 3.98 (1.24) 0.093
EEI (kcal/day) Intervention 3293.03 (754.46) 2818.12 (835.46) 2978.91 (981.31) 1026 0.123
Control 3147.76 (848.27) 2975.31 (817.47) 3091.20 (809.33) 0.360

Note: EEI: Estimate Energy Intake; PA: physical activity, SD: standard deviation.