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Hindawi Publishing Corporation International Journal of Pediatrics Volume 2012, Article ID 608920, 5 pages doi:10.1155/2012/608920 Research Article The Effectiveness of School-Based Nutritional Education Program among Obese Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Study Supinya In-Iw, Tridsanun Saetae, and Boonying Manaboriboon Division of Ambulatory Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, 2 Prannok, Bangkoknoi, Bangkok 10700, Thailand Correspondence should be addressed to Boonying Manaboriboon, boonying.man@mahidol.ac.th Received 14 July 2012; Accepted 25 September 2012 ¨ Academic Editor: Namik Yas¸ar Ozbek Copyright © 2012 Supinya In-Iw et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The purpose of the study was to determine the change in body weight and body mass index (BMI), as well as diet behaviors at 4 months after intervention between obese adolescent girls who participated in the school-based nutritional education program, addressed by pediatrician, compared to those who attended regular nutritional class. Methods. 49 obese girls were recruited from a secondary school. Those, were randomized into 2 groups of intervention and control. The intensive interactive nutritional program was provided to the intervention group. Weight and height, dietary record and % fat consumption, as well as self-administered questionnaires on healthy diet attitudes were collected at baseline and 4-month follow-up, and then compared between two groups.