Authors & year | Interventions | Intervention intensity & duration | Outcomes | Follow-up time points | Key findings | Weight-related outcomes | Mean difference | P-value* |
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Nguyen et al., 2013 | 1) Behavioural lifestyle programme plus: telephone/ SMS/email 2) Programme only | 2 years During Phase 2 (22 months) adolescents received 14 telephone coaching sessions and 32 SMS +/ emails | 1) Weight 2) BMI 3) BMI z-score 4) WC 5) WHtR 6) SBP & DBP 7) Metabolic profile 8) Self-reported psychosocial and lifestyle changes | 2 months (end of Phase 1) 12 months 24 months (end of Phase 2) | - In both arms the programme produced statistically significant reductions in BMI z-score, WHtR and several metabolic and psychosocial improvements - Compared to the programme alone, the additional communication had no statistically significant impact on outcomes | Body weight (kg) | −2.1 (−7.14, 2.94) | 0.42 |
BMI (kg/m2) | −1.0 (−2.45, 0.45) | 0.18 | ||||||
BMI z-score | −1.0 (−0.24, 0.04) | 0.18 | ||||||
WC (cm) | −0.5 (−4.36, 3.36) | 0.18 | ||||||
WHtR | 0.00 (−0.02, 0.02) | 1 |