Table 4 Changes in child’s adiposity between intervention and wait-list groups from baseline to 6-month post-training

 Intervention group (n = 67)

2.05 ± 0.40

2.03 ± 0.38

1.99 ± 0.41

1.95 ± 0.45

 Wait-list group (n = 67)

2.11 ± 0.39

2.10 ± 0.36

2.11 ± 0.35

2.09 ± 0.35

 t-test (p-value)

- 0.879 (p = 0.381)

−1.158 (p = 0.249)

−1.730 (p = 0.086)

−2.025 (p = 0.045)^a

 Mean difference

− 0.06

− 0.07

−0.11

− 0.14

 95% CI for mean difference

−0.194 to 0.075

− 0.200 to 0.052

−0.244 to 0.016

- 0.278 to - 0.003

 Intervention group (n = 67)

90.21 ± 7.98

91.09 ± 7.71

90.06 ± 9.56

89.37 ± 9.26

 Wait-list group (n = 67)

91.28 ± 7.04

93.82 ± 4.31

92.25 ± 6.11

92.55 ± 6.20

 t-test (p-value)

− 0.826 (p = 0.410)

− 2.532 (p = 0.013)^a

− 1.583 (p = 0.116)

−2.335 (p = 0.021)^a

 Mean difference

− 1.07

−2.73

− 2.19

−3.18

 95% CI for mean difference

−3.647 to 1.498

−4.871 to −0.592

−4.940 to 0.552

−5.876 to − 0.482

 Intervention group (n = 67)

37.87 ± 4.20

37.68 ± 4.14

36.66 ± 4.75

36.75 ± 4.75

 Wait-list group (n = 67)

37.63 ± 4.09

37.23 ± 4.50

37.65 ± 4.25

37.25 ± 4.46

 t-test (p-value)

0.333 (p = 0.740)

0.603 (p = 0.548)

−1.263 (p = 0.209)

− 0.630 (p = 0.530)

 Mean difference

0.24

0.45

−0.98

−0.50

 95% CI for mean difference

−1.178 to 1.654

− 1.027 to 1.927

−2.524 to 0.557

− 2.077 to − 1.074