TY - JOUR AU - Blunt, Wendy AU - Gill, Dawn P. AU - Sibbald, Shannon L. AU - Riggin, Brendan AU - Pulford, Roseanne W. AU - Scott, Ryan AU - Danylchuk, Karen AU - Gray, Cindy M. AU - Wyke, Sally AU - Bunn, Christopher AU - Petrella, Robert J. PY - 2017 DA - 2017/11/28 TI - Optimization of the Hockey Fans in Training (Hockey FIT) weight loss and healthy lifestyle program for male hockey fans JO - BMC Public Health SP - 916 VL - 17 IS - 1 AB - The health outcomes of men continue to be poorer than women globally. Challenges in addressing this problem include difficulties engaging men in weight loss programs as they tend to view these programs as contrary to the masculine narrative of independence and self-reliance. Researchers have been turning towards sports fans to engage men in health promotion programs as sports fans are typically male, and tend to have poor health habits. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4926-z DO - 10.1186/s12889-017-4926-z ID - Blunt2017 ER -