Institute for Therapy and Health Research, Kiel, Germany.
Department of Sports Medicine, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany.
Eur J Sport Sci. 2020 Jun;20(5):703-712. doi: 10.1080/17461391.2019.1660809. Epub 2019 Sep 8.
Numbers of obese and overweight people continue to grow in Germany as they do worldwide. Men are affected more often but do less about it and few weight loss services attract men in particular. To evaluate the effectiveness of a men-only weight loss programme, Football Fans in Training (FFIT), delivered by football clubs in the German Bundesliga, we did a non-randomized trial with a waiting list control group. Participants' data were collected between January 2017 and July 2018. FFIT is a 12-week, group-based, weight loss programme and was delivered in stadia and facilities of 15 professional German Bundesliga clubs. Inclusion criteria were age 35-65 years, BMI ≥ 28 and waist circumference ≥100 cm. Clubs recruited participants through Social Media, E-Mail and match day advertisement. 477 German male football fans were allocated to the intervention group by order of registration date at their respective clubs. 84 participants on the waiting list were allocated to the control group. Primary outcome was mean difference in weight loss with treatment condition over time as independent variable. We performed a multilevel mixed-effects linear regression analysis. Results were based on Intention-to-treat (ITT) analysis with Multiple Imputation. After 12 weeks, the mean weight loss of the intervention group adjusted for club, course and participants' age was 6.24 kg (95% CI 5.82-6.66) against 0.50 kg (-0.47-1.49) in the comparison group ( < 0.001). The results indicate that Football Fans in Training effectively helped German men to reduce their weight and waist circumference.
在德国，像在世界其他地方一样，肥胖和超重的人数继续增加。男性受影响的频率更高，但采取的行动却更少，很少有减肥服务特别吸引男性。为了评估一项仅限男性参加的减肥计划——足球迷减肥计划（FFIT）的有效性，该计划由德国德甲足球俱乐部提供，我们进行了一项非随机试验，设有候补名单对照组。参与者的数据于 2017 年 1 月至 2018 年 7 月期间收集。FFIT 是一项为期 12 周、基于小组的减肥计划，在 15 家德国德甲职业俱乐部的体育场和设施中进行。纳入标准为年龄 35-65 岁，BMI≥28 和腰围≥100cm。俱乐部通过社交媒体、电子邮件和比赛日广告招募参与者。477 名德国男性足球迷按照在各自俱乐部注册日期的顺序被分配到干预组。84 名候补名单上的参与者被分配到对照组。主要结果是作为独立变量的治疗条件随时间的体重减轻平均值差异。我们进行了多层次混合效应线性回归分析。结果基于意向治疗（ITT）分析和多重插补。经过 12 周，干预组的平均体重减轻量经俱乐部、课程和参与者年龄调整后为 6.24kg（95%CI 5.82-6.66），而对照组为 0.50kg（-0.47-1.49）（ < 0.001）。结果表明，足球迷减肥计划有效地帮助德国男性减轻了体重和腰围。
