The hockey fans in training intervention for men with overweight or obesity: a pragmatic cluster randomised trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Obesity disproportionately impacts men's health yet fewer men engage in preventive healthcare. We examined the effectiveness of Hockey Fans in Training (Hockey FIT), a gender-sensitised lifestyle intervention that engages men with overweight/obesity through their passion as fans of a local sports team, on weight change and other health indicators.

Methods

Pragmatic, cluster randomised trial (aged 35-65 years, body mass index ≥ 27 kg/m²) within 42 community-based sites in Canada and the United States, randomly assigned (1:1) to intervention (Hockey FIT) or control (wait-list) and stratified by region. Sites were selected based on partnerships with local major junior/professional hockey teams and community implementation partners. Intervention participant

SUBMITTER: Petrella RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11576405 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature