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Weight management for overweight and obese men delivered through professional football clubs: a pilot randomized trial

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, October 2013
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (96th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (96th percentile)

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Title
Weight management for overweight and obese men delivered through professional football clubs: a pilot randomized trial
Published in
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, October 2013
DOI 10.1186/1479-5868-10-121
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Authors

Cindy M Gray, Kate Hunt, Nanette Mutrie, Annie S Anderson, Shaun Treweek, Sally Wyke

Abstract

The prevalence of male obesity is increasing, but men are less likely than women to attend existing weight management programmes. We have taken a novel approach to reducing perceived barriers to weight loss for men by using professional football (soccer) clubs to encourage participation in a weight management group programme, gender-sensitised in content and style of delivery. Football Fans in Training (FFIT) provides 12 weeks of weight loss, physical activity and healthy eating advice at top professional football clubs in Scotland. This pilot randomized trial explored the feasibility of using these clubs as a setting for a randomized controlled trial of 12 month weight loss following men's participation in FFIT.

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Mendeley readers

Mendeley readers

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 2 <1%
Australia 2 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Unknown 273 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 42 15%
Student > Bachelor 36 13%
Researcher 33 12%
Student > Ph. D. Student 33 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 20 7%
Other 43 15%
Unknown 71 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 67 24%
Psychology 33 12%
Nursing and Health Professions 30 11%
Sports and Recreations 23 8%
Social Sciences 16 6%
Other 31 11%
Unknown 78 28%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 51. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 November 2019.
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#827,174
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Outputs from International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
#261
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#7,291
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Outputs of similar age from International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
#1
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