Short-term outcomes of community-based adolescent weight management: The Loozit® Study

Shrewsbury, Vanessa A; Nguyen, Binh; O'Connor, Janice; Steinbeck, Katharine S; Lee, Anthea; Hill, Andrew J; Shah, Smita; Kohn, Michael R; Torvaldsen, Siranda; Baur, Louise A

doi:10.1186/1471-2431-11-13

BMC Pediatrics

Table 3 Reported dietary, physical activity and sedentary behavior changes between baseline and two months

From: Short-term outcomes of community-based adolescent weight management: The Loozit^® Study

Intake/Behaviors (Frequency)	n^a	Baseline (%)	2 months (%)	Baseline to 2 months Δ in behavior/intake Reduced (%): No change (%): Increased (%)	P value
Core food intake
Vegetables (≥ 4 serves/day)^b	123	26	38	15:41:44	0.040^d
Fruit (≥ 2 serves/day)^b	119	71	83	18:54:28	<0.007^d
Extra food intake
High fat meat products (once/week or less)^c	124	32	51	48:34:18	0.001^d
Potato crisps (never or rarely)^c	122	13	34	53:34:13	<0.001^d
Fast food/takeaway (never or rarely)^c	126	33	40	30:57:13	0.185^d
Drink intake
Water (≥ 6 cups/day)^b	123	24	38	15:45:40	0.009^d
Diet drinks (never or rarely)^c	117	60	50	13:63:24	0.058^d
Fruit juice/drink (never or rarely)^c	120	28	43	36:48:16	0.002^d
Regular sweetened drinks (never or rarely)^c	120	46	63	31:55:14	0.001^d
Dietary behavior patterns
Consumes breakfast (everyday)^b	128	52	61	8:62:30	0.035^d
Consumes lunch (everyday)^b	128	70	66	16:69:15	0.458^d
Consumes dinner (everyday)^b	128	82	87	5:82:13	0.238^d
Makes or helps make dinner (≥ once/week)^b	128	63	68	26:44:30	0.265^d
Consumes dinner with most of family (everyday)^b	129	57	52	20:64:16	0.281^d
Dinner in front of TV (< once/week)^c	129	47	50	27:57:16	0.541^d
Activities
Moderate-vigorous physical activity (> 1 hour/day)^b	129	50	53	14:69:17	0.636^d
Screen based leisurely pursuits (≥ 2 hours/day)^c	82	28	32	15:74:11	0.664^d
		Baseline Mean (SD)	2 month Mean (SD)	ΔMean (SD)
Total physical activity (hours/week)	129	14.9 (8.7)	16.1 (11.5)	1.2 (11.1)	0.216^e
Vigorous intensity	129	4.4 (4.1)	4.6 (5.5)	0.2 (5.0)	0.639^e
Moderate intensity	129	4.5 (4.5)	5.0 (5.3)	0.4 (5.7)	0.391^e
Light intensity	129	4.2 (3.3)	4.7 (3.7)	0.5 (3.7)	0.133^e
Total sedentary leisure activity (hours/week) ^f	82	39.7 (16.0)	34.0 (15.7)	-5.7 (17.3)	0.004^e
Screen based leisure pursuits	82	22.4 (11.1)	19.9 (11.0)	-2.5 (11)	0.04^e
Watching TV/videos/DVDs	82	14.0 (8.0)	11.9 (7.7)	-2.1 (8.0)	0.02^e
Using the computer/internet^g	82	4.9 (5.2)	4.8 (6.3)	-0.2 (6.8)	0.817^e
Playing electronic games	82	3.5 (5.5)	3.2 (5.1)	-0.3 (4.8)	0.580^e
Non-screen based leisure pursuits	82	17.3 (11.1)	14.1 (11.5)	-3.2 (10.8)	0.009^e

Abbreviations: SD - Standard Deviation
^a Data are reported for all adolescents who completed questionnaire items
^b The balance of adolescents consumed the food or performed the behaviour less often
^c The balance of adolescents consumed the food or performed the behaviour more often
^d McNemar's test
^e Paired samples t-test
^f 48 adolescents who reported levels of sedentary leisure activities considered implausible (i.e. exceeding 72 hours/week) were excluded from these analyses as per established protocols [22]
^g Does not include school/homework

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