TY - JOUR
T1 - Association between a school-based intervention and adiposity outcomes in adolescents
T2 - The Italian "eAT" project
AU - Ermetici, Federica
AU - Zelaschi, Roberta F.
AU - Briganti, Silvia
AU - Dozio, Elena
AU - Gaeta, Maddalena
AU - Ambrogi, Federico
AU - Pelissero, Gabriele
AU - Tettamanti, Guido
AU - Marco Corsi Romanelli, Massimiliano
AU - Carruba, Michele
AU - Morricone, Lelio
AU - Malavazos, Alexis E.
PY - 2016/3/1
Y1 - 2016/3/1
N2 - Objective To evaluate whether a school-based multicomponent educational program could improve adiposity measures in middle-school adolescents. Methods A non-randomized controlled pilot study was conducted in six state middle schools (487 adolescents, 11-15 years) in townships in an urban area around Milan, three schools (n = 262 adolescents) being assigned to the intervention group and three schools (n = 225 adolescents) to the control group. The two-school-year intervention included changes in the school environment (alternative healthy vending machines, educational posters) and individual reinforcement tools (school lessons, textbook, text messages, pedometers, re-usable water bottles). The main outcome measure was change in BMI z-score. The secondary outcomes were changes in waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and behavioral habits. Results The intervention was associated with a significant difference in BMI z-score (-0.18 ± 0.03, P
AB - Objective To evaluate whether a school-based multicomponent educational program could improve adiposity measures in middle-school adolescents. Methods A non-randomized controlled pilot study was conducted in six state middle schools (487 adolescents, 11-15 years) in townships in an urban area around Milan, three schools (n = 262 adolescents) being assigned to the intervention group and three schools (n = 225 adolescents) to the control group. The two-school-year intervention included changes in the school environment (alternative healthy vending machines, educational posters) and individual reinforcement tools (school lessons, textbook, text messages, pedometers, re-usable water bottles). The main outcome measure was change in BMI z-score. The secondary outcomes were changes in waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and behavioral habits. Results The intervention was associated with a significant difference in BMI z-score (-0.18 ± 0.03, P
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U2 - 10.1002/oby.21365
DO - 10.1002/oby.21365
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84959319257
VL - 24
SP - 687
EP - 695
JO - Obesity
JF - Obesity
SN - 1930-7381
IS - 3
ER -