![]() To test a program designed around men’s interests and psychology, the researchers enrolled 747 male soccer fans, ranging in age from 35 to 65 years. Obesity is a major health problem for both sexes, but men are much less likely than women to take part in weight management programs offered by commercial organizations or community health services, Wyke and her colleagues write in The Lancet. Wyke said the men also loved the chance they got to gain an “insider’s” view of the club, and to be tackling their weight and improving their fitness with other men of similar ages, body shapes, starting levels of fitness and most of all a shared passion for soccer. “They really liked the level of information they got - science but not rocket science,” she said. “The guys were given really clear simple information, made simple changes to what they ate and also started out with a simple walking program that used a pedometer to help them keep track of how many steps they were doing so they could increase it slowly,” Wyke said.
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