Football Fans in Training: The development and optimization of an intervention delivered through professional sports clubs to help men lose weight, become more active and adopt healthier eating habits

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Gray, Cindy M ^a   Hunt, Kate ^b   Mutrie, Nanette ^c   Anderson, Annie S ^d   Leishman, Jim ^e   Dalgarno, Lindsay ^a   Wyke, Sally ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^e NHS FORTH VALLEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOTBALL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SANITATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; FOOD HABITS; FOOTBALL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OVERWEIGHT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC FACILITIES; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874944947     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-232     Document Type: Article

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