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Playing football can help reduce male obesity

Updated on: 23 January,2014 03:08 PM IST  | 
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A new study has found that playing football can help obese men shed off the kilos and keep them off

Playing football can help reduce male obesity

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London: A new Scottish study has found that playing football can help obese men shed off the kilos and keep them off.


Initially, 748 overweight soccer fans were given healthy-eating advice and weight management tips during the study by Glasgow researchers, the BBC reported.


Health: Playing football can help reduce male obesity
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Then only half of the total men were invited to participate in a 12-week programme of training sessions at their local football club.

After a year of participation, researchers found that the 374 men had lost about 11lb each and maintained their reduced weight.

The researchers concluded that male-friendly weight loss plans work. The study is published in the journal The Lancet.

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