3.3. Mediating Role of Body Image between the Intervention and the Changes in Adiposity Indicators
overweight or obesity
Among the children with overweight or obesity at baseline, it was found that the changes in the children’s body size perception played a partial mediating role in the association between the intervention and the changes in BMI, BMI Z score and body fat percentage. And the indirect effects were −0.08 (95%CI: −0.15~−0.03, The mediating effect of body size expectation was also found in children with overweight or obesity. The indirect effects for the BMI, BMI Z score and body fat percentage were −0.04 (95%CI: −0.08~−0.01, 