Hockey Fans in Training: a Pilot Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial
Hockey Fans in Training: A Pilot Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial ROBERT J. PETRELLA1,2,3, DAWN P. GILL1,2,4, GUANGYONG ZOU5,6, ASHLEIGH DE CRUZ1,2, BRENDAN RIGGIN3, CASSANDRA BARTOL1,2, KAREN DANYLCHUK3, KATE HUNT7, SALLY WYKE8, CINDY M. GRAY8, CHRISTOPHER BUNN8, and MERRICK ZWARENSTEIN1,2,5 1Centre for Studies in Family Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, CANADA; 2Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, CANADA; 3School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University, London, Ontario, CANADA; 4School of Health Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University, London, Ontario, CANADA; 5Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, CANADA; 6Robarts Clinical Trials, Robarts Research Institute, Western University, London, Ontario, CANADA; 7MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UNITED KINGDOM; and 8Institute of Health and Wellbeing, College of Social Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UNITED KINGDOM ABSTRACT PETRELLA, R. J., D. P. GILL, G. ZOU, A. DE CRUZ, B. RIGGIN, C. BARTOL, K. DANYLCHUK, K. HUNT, S. WYKE, C. M. GRAY, C. BUNN, and M. ZWARENSTEIN. Hockey Fans in Training: A Pilot Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc., Vol. 49, No. 12, pp. 2506–2516, 2017. Introduction: Hockey Fans in Training (Hockey FIT) is a gender-sensitized weight loss and healthy lifestyle program. We investigated 1) feasibility of recruiting and retaining overweight and obese men into a pilot pragmatic randomized controlled trial and 2) potential for Hockey FIT to lead to weight loss and improvements in other outcomes at 12 wk and 12 months.
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