Intervention Group (n=59) Control Group
  Pre-intervention Post-intervention   Pre-test Post-test     t-test p-value
Variables Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Paired t-test p-value Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Paired t-test p-value    
Age (year) 10.44 ± 0.99 - -0.656 0.513 11.17 ± 1.12 - -1.317 0.190 -3.12 0.002*
BMIa (cm) 25.09 ± 3.84 24.44 ± 3.78 0.285 0.776 24.25 ± 3.08 24.50 ± 2.72 -0.448 0.655 0.230 0.819
Weight(kg) 53.15 ± 12.03 53.10 ± 11.85 -0.545 0.586 54.20 ± 10.95 56.38 ± 0.41 -1.27 0.206 -1.27 0.206
Weight loss (kg) - -0.05 ± 0.61 - - - +2.18 ± 2.93 - - - -
WELb score 24.58 ± 6.94 25.25 ± 8.12 -0.487 0.627 26.05 ± 7.37 25.90 ± 8.74 0.102 0.919 -0.417 0.677
NESc score 8.95 ± 2.37 9.53 ± 3.27 -1.096 0.275 9.57 ± 2.91 8.90 ± 3.17 1.200 0.232 1.060 0.291
PSEd score 6.96 ± 2.70 7.71 ± 3.64 -1.264 0.209 8.30 ± 3.67 7.27 ± 3.32 1.618 0.108 0.698 0.487
SESe score 35.44 ± 6.99 40.41 ± 9.85 -3.158 0.002* 39.86± 11.09 42.15 ± 11.54 -1.101 0.273 -0.885 0.387
ALQfscore 75.67±19.50 78.71 ±25.19 -0.732 0.466 84.93 ± 21.07 81.30 ± 22.4 0.914 0.362 -0.592 0.555
BSg score 2.76 ± 0.89 3.08 ± 0.88 -1.994 0.048* 2.97 ± 1.09 2.90 ± 0.95 0.348 0.729 1.101 0.273
* p≤0.050 aBMI: body mass index. bWEL: Weight Self-Efficacy Lifestyle. cNES: Nutrition Self-Efficacy Scale. dPES: Physical Exercise Self-Efficacy Scale. eSES: Self-Esteem Scale. fALQ: Adolescent Lifestyle Questionnaire. gBS : Body Shape.
Table 2: Within-subject changes and distributions of changes in self-efficacy, self-esteem, lifestyle, body shape, weight measures and BMI (N=119).