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A gender-sensitised weight loss and healthy living programme for overweight and obese men delivered by Scottish Premier League football clubs (FFIT): a pragmatic randomised controlled trial
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prevalence male obesity increasing men take part weight loss programmes assessed effect weight loss healthy living programme weight loss football soccer fanswe twogroup pragmatic randomised controlled trial 747 male football fans aged 3565 years bodymass index bmi 28 kgm2 higher 13 scottish professional football clubs participants randomly assigned sas version 92 block size 29 11 ratio stratified club weight loss programme delivered community coaching staff 12 sessions held every week intervention group started weight loss programme within 3 weeks comparison group put 12 month waiting list participants received weight management booklet primary outcome mean difference weight loss groups 12 months expressed absolute weight percentage baseline weight primary outcome assessment masked analyses based intention treat trial registered current controlled trials number isrctn32677491374 men allocated intervention group 374 comparison group 333 89 intervention group 355 95 comparison group completed 12 month assessments 12 months mean difference weight loss groups adjusted baseline weight club 494 kg 95 ci 395594 percentage weight loss similarly adjusted 436 364508 favour intervention p00001 eight serious adverse events reported five intervention group lost consciousness due drugs preexisting angina gallbladder removal hospital admission suspected heart attack ruptured gut ruptured achilles tendon three comparison group transient ischaemic attack two deaths two adverse events reported related participation programme gallbladder removal ruptured achilles tendonthe ffit programme help large proportion men lose clinically important amount weight offers one effective strategy challenge male obesityscottish government uk football pools funded delivery programme grant scottish premier league trust national institute health research public health research programme funded assessment 09301006