Table 3 Body composition, physical activity and dietary intake in each group at baseline and after 24 weeks of intervention

139.6 ± 7.7

142.5 ± 8.0

0.000**

139.4 ± 6.8

142.6 ± 7.5

0.000**

2.9 ± 0.3

3.2 ± 0.4

0.504

55.8 ± 12.2

57.3 ± 11.4

0.004*

55.6 ± 9.6

59.5 ± 11.2

0.000**

1.5 ± 0.5

3.9 ± 0.6

0.004*

3.2 ± 0.6

3.0 ± 0.5

0.000**

3.4 ± 0.8

3.3 ± 0.8

0.075

−0.2 ± 0.0

−0.1 ± 0.1

0.060

87.5 ± 8.2

87.6 ± 7.5

0.891

86.7 ± 6.7

88.9 ± 7.2

0.004*

0.1 ± 0.5

2.2 ± 0.7

0.018*

42.9 ± 8.4

43.4 ± 8.3

0.262

42.9 ± 6.6

44.9 ± 6.5

0.007**

0.6 ± 0.5

2.0 ± 0.7

0.098

1.93 ± 0.54

2.38 ± 0.12

0.003**

2.04 ± 0.80

2.01 ± 0.90

0.89

0.44 ± 0.13

−0.28 ± 0.18

0.045*

1955 ± 692

1370 ± 337

0.001**

1855 ± 670

1392 ± 268

0.013*

− 584.8 ± 149.7

− 463 ± 168

0.590

258.4 ± 85.6

172.5 ± 58.2

0.000**

242.1 ± 92.9

168.8 ± 35.3

0.009**

−85.9 ± 19.4

−73.3 ± 25.2

0.973

54.2 ± 8.0

49.8 ± 7.7

0.107

52.9 ± 10.3

48.9 ± 7.4

0.218

−4.4 ± 2.6

−4.0 ± 3.1

0.926

82.3 ± 54.1

54.7 ± 12.7

0.024*

87.4 ± 48.4

60.4 ± 30.7

0.062

−27.6 ± 11.3

−27.0 ± 13.6

0.694

15.9 ± 5.4

16.2 ± 2.4

0.846

19.3 ± 9.8

16.9 ± 5.7

0.384

0.3 ± 1.4

−2.4 ± 2.7

0.382

72.3 ± 34.4

44.6 ± 13.1

0.004**

66.3 ± 33.8

52.1 ± 17.9

0.151

−27.7 ± 8.3

−14.2 ± 9.5

0.291

32.0 ± 8.2

29.1 ± 4.7

0.188

31.4 ± 9.0

33.3 ± 7.4

0.559

−3.0 ± 2.2

1.9 ± 3.1

0.213

19.1 ± 11.6

11.8 ± 7.5

0.027*

15.7 ± 10.3

10.4 ± 5.6

0.084

−7.3 ± 3.0

−5.3 ± 2.9

0.063

8.2 ± 0.9

6.2 ± 0.9

0.178

7.2 ± 2.8

6.4 ± 6.0

0.655

−2.1 ± 1.5

−0.77 ± 1.6

0.565

40.4 ± 24.4

24.7 ± 6.1

0.011*

41.0 ± 30.8

24.2 ± 11.7

0.032*

15.7 ± 5.5

16.9 ± 7.3

0.900

8.6 ± 4.4

7.4 ± 2.0

0.280

9.4 ± 7.0

6.9 ± 2.8

0.151

−1.2 ± 1.1

−2.5 ± 1.7

0.503

8.3 ± 4.1

9.1 ± 1.9

0.373

7.8 ± 5.0

10.6 ± 4.4

0.022*

0.8 ± 0.8

2.9 ± 1.0

0.149