Table 1 Body Composition and anthropometric profile of obese adolescents submitted to a multidisciplinary long-term lifestyle therapy.

Baseline

Short-term

Long-term

Baseline

Short-term

Long-term

Age (y)

16.56 ± 1.99

16.56 ± 1.99

16.56 ± 1.99

16.20 ± 2.09^c

16.20 ± 2.09^c

16.20 ± 2.09^c

Height (m)

1.62 ± 0.05

1.62 ± 0.07

1.63 ± 0.10

1.72 ± 0.07^c

1.72 ± 0.08^c

1.74 ± 0.11^c

Body Mass (kg)

94.45 ± 13.14

89.40 ± 13.01^a

86.74 ± 12.73^a

105.69 ± 9.72

89.40 ± 9.72^ac

86.74 ± 11.31^ac

BMI (kg/m²)

35.52 ± 4.19

33.47 ± 4.05^a

32.59 ± 4.50^a

35.78 ± 4.25

33.21 ± 4.38^a

32.04 ± 5.20^a

FFM (kg)

51.71 ± 5.65

49.83 ± 5.57

51.67 ± 5.45

66.67 ± 8.69^c

63.69 ± 4.92^c

64.70 ± 6.71^c

Fat mass (kg)

41.91 ± 9.41

38.58 ± 9.36

35.35 ± 9.32^ab

38.50 ± 10.05

32.79 ± 9.33^ac

27.86 ± 11.03^ac