Add to ORKGBACKGROUND: The health outcomes of men continue to be poorer than women globally. Challenges in addressing this problem include difficulties engaging men in weight loss programs as they tend to view these programs as contrary to the masculine narrative of independence and self-reliance. Researchers have been turning towards sports fans to engage men in health promotion programs as sports fans are typically male, and tend to have poor health habits. METHODS: Developed from the highly successful gender-sensitized Football Fans in Training program, Hockey Fans in Training (Hockey FIT) recruited 80 male hockey fans of the London Knights and Sarnia Sting who were overweight or obese into a weekly, 90-minute classroom education and group exerc...
Increasing prevalence of obesity poses challenges for public health. Men have been under-served by w...
Background: Men appear less interested than women in engaging in health-promoting programs. We inves...
Increasing prevalence of obesity poses challenges for public health. Men have been under-served by w...
Background: The health outcomes of men continue to be poorer than women globally. Challenges in a...
Background: Effective approaches that engage men in weight loss and lifestyle change are impor...
Background: Effective approaches that engage men in weight loss and lifestyle change are important b...
The issue of gender is often neglected when planning and implementing chronic disease prevention and...
Background: Increasing rates of chronic disease, especially in men, have led to an increased effort ...
Background: Effective approaches that engage men in weight loss and lifestyle change are important b...
Introduction Hockey Fans in Training (Hockey FIT) is a gender-sensitized weight loss and healthy lif...
Introduction Hockey Fans in Training (Hockey FIT) is a gender-sensitized weight loss and healt...
Introduction: Hockey Fans in Training (Hockey FIT) is a gender-sensitized weight loss and healthy li...
Football Fans in Training (FFIT) is an effective, gender-sensitized, weight loss and healthy living ...
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of obesity in men is rising, but they are less likely than women to engag...
© The Author(s) 2018. Men in high income countries have poorer dietary habits and higher rates of ov...
Increasing prevalence of obesity poses challenges for public health. Men have been under-served by w...
Background: Men appear less interested than women in engaging in health-promoting programs. We inves...
Increasing prevalence of obesity poses challenges for public health. Men have been under-served by w...
Background: The health outcomes of men continue to be poorer than women globally. Challenges in a...
Background: Effective approaches that engage men in weight loss and lifestyle change are impor...
Background: Effective approaches that engage men in weight loss and lifestyle change are important b...
The issue of gender is often neglected when planning and implementing chronic disease prevention and...
Background: Increasing rates of chronic disease, especially in men, have led to an increased effort ...
Background: Effective approaches that engage men in weight loss and lifestyle change are important b...
Introduction Hockey Fans in Training (Hockey FIT) is a gender-sensitized weight loss and healthy lif...
Introduction Hockey Fans in Training (Hockey FIT) is a gender-sensitized weight loss and healt...
Introduction: Hockey Fans in Training (Hockey FIT) is a gender-sensitized weight loss and healthy li...
Football Fans in Training (FFIT) is an effective, gender-sensitized, weight loss and healthy living ...
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of obesity in men is rising, but they are less likely than women to engag...
© The Author(s) 2018. Men in high income countries have poorer dietary habits and higher rates of ov...
Increasing prevalence of obesity poses challenges for public health. Men have been under-served by w...
Background: Men appear less interested than women in engaging in health-promoting programs. We inves...
Increasing prevalence of obesity poses challenges for public health. Men have been under-served by w...