Can professional football clubs deliver a weight management programme for women: a feasibility study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Levels of obesity remain high in the UK. The Football Fans in Training (FFIT) randomised controlled trial (RCT) demonstrated that a 12-week, gender-sensitised weight management, physical activity and healthy eating group programme delivered through professional football clubs helped men aged 35-65 years with BMI at least 28 kg/m² lose a clinically-significant amount of weight. We aimed to test the feasibility of a minimally-adapted FFIT programme for delivery to women by assessing recruitment and completion rates; determining if the programme content and delivery required further refinement; and evaluating the potential of FFIT for Women to deliver improvements in weight and other clinical, behavioural and psychological outcomes.

Methods

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SUBMITTER: Bunn C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6276211 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature