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Overall effectiveness of a school-based intervention in reducing adolescents’ weight status and nutritional behaviours social inequalities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2026

Arnaud Dosda
Affiliation:
Université de Lorraine, Inserm, INSPIIRE, Nancy, 54000, France
Johanne Langlois
Affiliation:
Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers, Nancy, France
Philip Böhme
Affiliation:
Service d’endocrinologie, diabétologie, nutrition, CHRU de Nancy, Nancy, 54000, France
Edith Lecomte
Affiliation:
Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers, Nancy, France
Karine Legrand
Affiliation:
Université de Lorraine, Inserm, INSPIIRE, Nancy, 54000, France
Elisabeth Spitz
Affiliation:
Université de Lorraine, Inserm, INSPIIRE, Nancy, 54000, France
Serge Briançon
Affiliation:
Université de Lorraine, Inserm, INSPIIRE, Nancy, 54000, France
Florian Manneville*
Affiliation:
Université de Lorraine, Inserm, INSPIIRE, Nancy, 54000, France
Abdou Omorou
Affiliation:
Université de Lorraine, Inserm, INSPIIRE, Nancy, 54000, France CHRU-Nancy, INSERM, Université de Lorraine, CIC, Epidémiologie Clinique, Nancy, 54000, France
*
Corresponding author: Florian Manneville; Email: florian.manneville@univ-lorraine.fr
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Abstract

School-based interventions offer a promising setting to promote healthier nutritional behaviours (NB) such as physical activity (PA), sedentary behaviour (SB) and eating behaviour, while addressing weight social inequalities. NB changes may occur before measurable effects on weight, which can take longer to emerge. This study evaluated the overall effectiveness of the school-based Promotion de l’ALIMentation et de l’Activité Physique – INEgalités de Santé (PRALIMAP-INÈS) trial on weight and NB social inequalities reduction among adolescents with overweight or obesity. Adolescents were divided into two intervention groups according to their socio-economic status (socially advantaged and socially less advantaged). NB were self-reported by adolescents. Outcomes were BMI z-score (BMIz), fruit and vegetables (FV) consumption, sweetened products and beverages (SPB) consumption, vigorous/moderate PA, walking and SB. Overall effectiveness was estimated using generalised pairwise comparisons, estimating net benefit for each outcome (δ) and overall net benefit (Δ). Of 985 adolescents (age = 15·3 (sd 0·7 years; 46·7 % boys), those in less advantaged group were 12·5 % more likely to have a favourable change in weight status and NB than those in advantaged group (Δ = 12·5 % (6·1, 19·1 %)). For each outcome, net benefits were as follows: BMIz (δ = 4·2 % (0·0, 8·6)), vigorous PA (δ = 4·2 % (0·4, 8·3)), FV (δ = 3·2 % (0·9, 5·5)), SB (δ = 0·8 % (–1·6, 3·2)), SPB (δ = −0·2 % (–1·1, 0·6)), moderate PA (δ = 0·2 %) (–0·7, 1·1) and walking (δ = 0·2 % (–0·2, 0·6)). Results showed an overall beneficial effect of the PRALIMAP-INÈS trial in reducing social inequalities in weight and NB among adolescents with overweight or obesity. Long-term effectiveness could be expected by reducing social inequalities in NB.

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© The Author(s), 2026. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Nutrition Society
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Table 1. Values of weight and nutritional change thresholdsTable 1 long description.

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Table 2. Baseline characteristics of study sample (T1 completers) and comparison with T1 non-completersTable 2 long description.

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Table 3. Overall effectiveness of PRALIMAP-INÈS trial on weight status and nutritional behaviour changesTable 3 long description.

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Figure 1. Figure 1 long description.Net benefits of each prioritised outcome and stratification by sex and overall net benefit. Net benefits for each sex and global net benefit for each prioritised outcome: blue column for boys, pink column for girls and black column for global net benefit. Overall net benefit for boys: blue dashed line with blue squares. Overall net benefit for girl: pink dashed line with pink points. Global overall net benefit: black dashed line with black triangles. BMIz, BMI z-score; PA, physical activity; FV, fruits and vegetables; SB, sedentary behaviour; SPB, sweetened products and beverages.

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