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Table 5 Anthropometric variables, calories, nutrients, steps taken per day, exercise in hours per week and hours per day spent watching TV and video games by obese children classified by their change in weight ().

From: Limited Weight Loss or Simply No Weight Gain following Lifestyle-Only Intervention Tends to Redistribute Body Fat, to Decrease Lipid Concentrations, and to Improve Parameters of Insulin Sensitivity in Obese Children

Variables

Lost Weight (Group A) ()

Gained Weight (Group B) ()

 

Preintervention

Postintervention

Preintervention

Postintervention

BMI (kg/m2)

27,47 ± 25,05

25,04 ±  3,88**

27.02 ± 4.60

27.39 ± 4.97

Z-score BMI

2,12 ± 0,28

1,73 ±  0,52*

2.15 ± 0.28

2.14 ±  0.32†

Exercise (hs/wk)

2.37 ± 2.55

5.33 ±  3.89*

2.48 ± 2.48

5.10 ±  3.57*

Steps by Day

10070,00 ± 2931.65

23602.44 ±  4929.79**

9646.00 ± 2971.17

20507.33 ±  4193.69**

TV-Video (hs/day)

4.69 ± 2.98

4.05 ± 1.96

4.16 ± 1.93

4.29 ± 2.35

  1. † group B versus group A preintervention and postintervention. *, ** postintervention versus preintervention.
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International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology

ISSN: 1687-9856

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