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assess activity level. Baseline similar apart from gender, more girls in intervention group. intervention acceptable. These results suggest that the MEND Program is a promising intervention to help address the rising obesity problem in children. Further larger RCT is ongoing to measure the effectiveness of the program when delivered on a larger scale using methods that will address the limitations of the current trial. MEND Program was 86%. At 12 months, children in the intervention group had reduced their waist and BMI z-scores by 0.47 (P < 0.0001) and 0.23 (P < 0.0001), respectively, and benefits in cardiovascular fitness, physical activity levels, and self-esteem were sustained. Note: Groups only compared at 6 months. Data collected at 12 months for intervention only. There was some attrition - 6 cases from the intervention group dropped out before the started. At 6 trial
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