3. Results
obesity, overweight
OBESITY
The total sample consisted of 310 children (Baseline, follow-up values for anthropometry and fitness variables were collected from the total population as detailed under Methods. There was a decrease in total body weight and in BMI in the intervention group compared to the control group (Another indicator of obesity is waist circumference; this indicator substantially decreased in the intervention group (Furthermore, in a two-factor repeated measures ANOVA controlling for baseline to T1 scores, there was an overall significant ‘time x group’ difference between the intervention group and the control group for WHR and RFM. The WHR decreased in the intervention group compared to the control group (Similarly, there was an overall significant ‘time x group’ difference between the intervention group and the control group for RFM (On the other hand, significant differences emerged between the proportion of normal weight, underweight, or overweight children or children with obesity between the intervention and control groups and before and after the intervention in the experimental group (