Weight management and healthy lifestyle group program for Active Fans in top-flight football clubs
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Background and Purpose: Active Fans Program – being coordinated by European Football for Development Network (EFDN) – is a football based health program. This program invites their members for a lifestyle change with football. I measure the effectiveness of the program in Hungary between the fans of Ferencvárosi Torna Club (FTC).
Methods: We conducted an intervention in our 12 weeks program (n=26 members) in a heterogeneous group of 35-60 years old, who could only be FTC fans. We did our survey in FTC’s sports complex in 2020. Objective measures: InBody 770, waist circumference and blood pressure measurement. Questionnaire: Warwick-Edinburgh (WEMWBS), we measured their lifestyle changes with a lifestyle questionnaire for active fans. Statistical tests: T-test, Paired T-test. License number issued by the Ethics Committee for Science and Research: BORS-11/2020.
Results: As a result of 12 weeks of activity and expanding the basics of their nutrition, the fans were able to achieve significant changes by the end of the program. [...]
Conclusion: The program was successfully converted to FTC palette, which also complies with Hungarian guidelines. Overall, we can say that the results of the fans show a significant improvement in body composition, eating habits and well-being.
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