Do weight management programmes delivered at professional football clubs attract and engage high risk men? A mixed-methods study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hunt, Kate ^a   Gray, Cindy M ^a   Maclean, Alice ^a   Smillie, Susan ^a   Bunn, Christopher ^a   Wyke, Sally ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Gender; Masculinity; Men; Obesity; Qualitative; Randomised controlled trial; Weight management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPE; FOOTBALL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; SOCCER; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPE; FOOTBALL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RISK; SOCCER; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84893118609     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-50     Document Type: Article

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