Table 3

Lifestyles of adolescents of the intervention and control groups (comparison of the baseline to the end of study)

Intervention group (n=94)Control group (n=98)P value† intervention versus control
Baseline % (n)End of intervention % (n)P value*Baseline % (n)End of intervention % (n)P value*
Primary outcomes
 ≥1 Fruit / day
  Boys39.5 (15)44.4 (17)0.72927.6 (12)29.3 (13)0.9580.517
  Girls34.6 (21)39.2 (23)0.68346.9 (23)43.5 (21)0.8140.210
  Total36.5 (36)41.2 (40)0.53837.7 (35)36.7 (34)0.9270.655
 Physical activity ≥6 hours/week
  Boys86.8 (33)83.9 (32)0.86486.7 (39)87.6 (39)0.9940.335
  Girls69.7 (42)81.2 (49)0.14569.4 (34)67.3 (33)1.0000.654
  Total76.3 (75)82.2 (81)0.35577.7 (73)77.1 (72)0.9840.299
Secondary outcomes
 ≥1 vegetable / day
  Boys21.1 (8)31.2 (12)0.43315.6 (7)21.2 (10)0.6680.728
  Girls26.7 (16)35.3 (21)0.23930.6 (15)25.0 (12)0.6610.757
  Total24.5 (24)33.7 (33)0.11223.4 (22)23.2 (22)0.9990.735
 Screen time ≤2 hour weekdays
  Boys52.6 (20)46.9 (18)0.73755.6 (25)55.7 (25)1.0000.806
  Girls43.3 (26)54.4 (33)0.21749.0 (24)57.1 (28)0.3440.409
  Total46.9 (46)51.5 (51)0.56452.1 (49)56.4 (53)0.5380.451
 Screen time ≤2 hour weekend
  Boys18.4 (7)21.8 (8)0.83615.6 (7)16.5 (7)0.9860.587
  Girls25.0 (15)29.5 (18)0.70025.7 (13)22.4 (11)0.8560.233
  Total22.4 (22)26.5 (26)0.56220.8 (20)19.6 (18)0.9250.497
 Every day all sugary drink consumption
  Boys47.5 (18)48.3 (18)0.87751.1 (23)45.0 (20)0.6850.624
  Girls55.0 (33)51.2 (31)0.74854.2 (27)61.2 (30)0.7150.451
  Total52.1 (51)50.1 (49)0.78952.7 (50)53.4 (50)0.9620.678
 Never fast-food consumption/week
  Boys86.8 (33)87.5 (33)0.91786.4 (39)77.0 (35)0.3980.810
  Girls91.7 (55)90.3 (54)0.91579.6 (39)79.6 (39)1.0000.305
  Total89.8 (88)89.2 (87)0.87482.9 (78)78.3 (74)0.5460.503
  • The main analysis was based on the intention-to-treat population.

  • *P value: McNemar tests (changes in each group).

  • †P value: generalised linear models (differences in the changes from baseline to the end of intervention in the intervention and control group).