Football Fans in Training: the development and optimization of an intervention delivered through professional sports clubs to help men lose weight, become more active and adopt healthier eating habits

Gray, Cindy M; Hunt, Kate; Mutrie, Nanette; Anderson, Annie S; Leishman, Jim; Dalgarno, Lindsay; Wyke, Sally

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-13-232

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Football Fans in Training: the development and optimization of an intervention delivered through professional sports clubs to help men lose weight, become more active and adopt healthier eating habits

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Gray, Cindy M, Hunt, Kate, Mutrie, Nanette, Anderson, Annie S, Leishman, Jim, Dalgarno, Lindsay, Wyke, Sally·2013·BMC Public Health

DOI 10.1186/1471-2458-13-232PMC PMC3621078

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BACKGROUND: The prevalence of obesity in men is rising, but they are less likely than women to engage in existing weight management programmes. The potential of professional sports club settings to engage men in health promotion activities is being increasingly recognised. This paper describes the development and optimization of the Football Fans in Training (FFIT) programme, which aims to help overweight men (many of them football supporters) lose weight through becoming more active and adopting healthier eating habits. METHODS: The MRC Framework for the design and evaluation of complex interventions was used to guide programme development in two phases. In Phase 1, a multidisciplinary working group developed the pilot programme (p-FFIT) and used a scoping review to summarize previous research and identify the target population. Phase 2 involved a process evaluation of p-FFIT in 11 Scottish Premier League (SPL) clubs. Participant and coach feedback, focus group discussions and interviews explored the utility/acceptability of programme components and suggestions for changes. Programme session observations identified examples of good practice and problems/issues with delivery. Together, these findings informed redevelopment of the optimized programme (FFIT), whose components were mapped onto specific behaviour change techniques using an evidence-based taxonomy. RESULTS: p-FFIT comprised 12, weekly, gender-sensitised, group-based weight management classroom and 'pitch-side' physical activity sessions. These in-stadia sessions were complemented by an incremental, pedometer-based walking programme. p-FFIT was targeted at men aged 35-65 years with body mass index ≥ 27 kg/m(2). Phase 2 demonstrated that participants in p-FFIT were enthusiastic about both the classroom and physical activity components, and valued the camaraderie and peer-support offered by the programme. Coaches appreciated the simplicity of the key healthy eating and physical activity messages. Suggestions for improvements that were incorporated into the optimized FFIT programme included: more varied in-stadia physical activity with football-related components; post-programme weight management support (emails and a reunion session); and additional training for coaches in SMART goal setting and the pedometer-based walking programme. CONCLUSIONS: The Football Fans in Training programme is highly acceptable to participants and SPL coaches, and is appropriate for evaluation in a randomised controlled trial.

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Fourteen included studies explored the acceptability and/or feasibility of the intervention to different stakeholders, including providers, recipients or policy makers and service commissioners.
“Fourteen studies explored the acceptability and/or feasibility of the intervention to different stakeholders, including providers, recipients or policy makers and service commissioners [27, 29–32, 34, 36, 37, 39, 40, 42, 43, 47, 48].”
From Optimisation of complex health interventions prior to a randomised controlled trial: a scoping review of strategies used (2016) · cites this paper as [27]
The interventions reported across the review varied widely and included a few targeting behavioural change at the individual patient level, such as weight reduction and smoking cessation programs, or at the level of healthcare professionals, such as interventions targeting general practitioners to reduce inappropriate prescribing behaviours.
“The interventions reported across the review varied widely and included a few targeting behavioural change at the individual patient level, such as weight reduction [27] and smoking cessation programs [10, 44, 49], or at the level of healthcare professionals, such as interventions targeting general practitioners to reduce inappropriate prescribing behaviours [26, 45, 46, 48].”
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17 of the 27 included studies used the MRC 2000 framework, the updated 2008 version, or a combination of the two.
“In particular, 17 of the 27 studies included in this review used the MRC 2000 framework, the updated 2008 version or a combination of the two [24–40].”
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The majority of included studies (n = 16) subsequently refined the intervention to then test the optimised version within pilot studies or full-scale RCTs.
“The majority of studies (n = 16) subsequently refined the intervention to then test the optimised version of the intervention within pilot studies or full-scale RCTs [24–32, 34, 38–40, 43, 47, 48].”
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Several included studies used mixed methods, combining qualitative strategies to explore stakeholders' perspectives and quantitative analysis to estimate the intervention effect.
“Several studies used mixed methods, combining qualitative strategies to explore stakeholders’ perspectives and quantitative analysis to estimate the intervention effect [24, 27, 28, 33, 35–37, 40, 42].”
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Authors: Gray, C. M., Hunt, K., Mutrie, N., Anderson, A. S., Leishman, J., Dalgarno, L., & Wyke, S.
Affiliations: University of Glasgow (GB)
MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit (GB)
University of Edinburgh (GB)
University of Dundee (GB)
NHS Forth Valley (GB)
Corresponding author: Gray, Cindy M
ORCID: Gray, Cindy M
Hunt, Kate
Mutrie, Nanette
Anderson, Annie S
Dalgarno, Lindsay
Wyke, Sally
Venue: BMC Public Health
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2013-03-16
Volume: 13
Issue: 1
Pages: 232-232
ISSN: 1471-2458 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-232
PMC: PMC3621078
OpenAlex: W2134253157
Cited by: 154
References: 60
Citations by year: 2026: 4 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 18 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 18 · 2017: 20 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 10 · 2014: 11 · 2013: 3
FWCI: 8.10
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: gold
doi.org
Licence: cc-by
www.springer.com/tdm (unspecified)
Locations: BMC Public Health (publishedVersion, cc-by)
Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam) (acceptedVersion)
Edinburgh Research Explorer (University of Edinburgh) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion)
Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders: National Institute for Health and Care Research (09/3010/06)
University of Stirling
Medical Research Council (5TK50)
Topics: Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
Health Sciences › Health Professions › Pharmacy › Obesity and Health Practices
Keywords: football fans, weight loss, physical activity, healthy eating, professional football clubs, complex intervention development, behaviour change techniques, peer support, coach education, SMART goal setting, overweight men
MeSH terms: Adult, Aged, Feeding Behavior, Football, Health Promotion, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Motor Activity, Public Facilities, Program Evaluation, Program Development, Overweight, Weight Reduction Programs

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