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| Football helped men lose weight and keep it off |
Football is one of most popular game in the world on the other hand it helps to weight loss beside taking family meals.
Football
participation is a good way to get men to slim down, a Scottish study published
in The Lancet shows. Also you read more about obesity which is published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology.
Some 374 overweight
soccer fans were invited to take part in a 12-week programme of training
sessions at their local football club.
A year later, the men
had lost and kept off about 11lb (5kg) each compared with 374 overweight fans
put on a waiting list for the programme.
The Glasgow
researchers say it proves male-friendly weight loss plans work.
All 748 men in the
study were offered healthy-eating advice and tips on weight management, but
only half were invited to professional football clubs for weekly training
sessions.
As well as losing
weight when they were on the 12-week programme, nearly 40% of men who
participated in the programme maintained a weight loss of at least 5% of their
original body weight 12 months later.
Co-author Prof Kate
Hunt, from Glasgow University, said: "Weight management and dieting are
often wrongly viewed as women's issues, meaning that some men do not want to
take part in existing weight management programmes."
But given the right
circumstances, men are also keen to slim, she says.
"Participants
really enjoyed being with other men like them, with a shared interest infootball and similar health issues to address. They loved having the
opportunity to spend time at the club, using parts of the stadium that they
couldn't ordinarily access.
"And they
appreciated the chance to be encouraged, trained, and informed by the club's
coaches. This model has real potential for the future."
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