Table 1.
Intervention measures and baseline demographics at the eight primary schools in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
| Condition | School | Gender | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children | Male | Female | Age | BMI | SES | ||
| N | N | N | M (± SD) | M (± SD) | M (± SD) | ||
| Physical activity | 1 | 75 | 38 | 37 | 9.5 (1.0) | 18.1 (4.0) | 8.8 (0.5) |
| Physical activity + health education | 2 | 85 | 39 | 46 | 9.1 (0.6) | 16.9 (2.5) | 7.9 (2.0) |
| Physical activity + health education + nutrition | 3 | 150 | 80 | 70 | 9.9 (0.9) | 16.3 (2.1) | 6.7 (2.1) |
| Health education + nutrition | 4 | 71 | 38 | 33 | 9.7 (1.0) | 18.0 (3.3) | 7.5 (1.6) |
| Control | 5 | 76 | 37 | 39 | 9.8 (0.8) | 15.5 (2.0) | 6.6 (2.2) |
| Control | 6 | 97 | 47 | 50 | 9.0 (0.8) | 17.2 (2.7) | 8.7 (0.9) |
| Control | 7 | 121 | 66 | 55 | 9.5 (0.9) | 17.3 (3.1) | 6.5 (2.8) |
| Control | 8 | 83 | 40 | 43 | 9.2 (0.7) | 17.1 (3.0) | 8.2 (1.3) |