Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter


0

Rabid Fans Have Bad Diets

Sports fanatics less healthy than non-fans, study finds

Share

(Newser) – This just in: Sports fanatics like beer and fatty food. A University of Arkansas study has found that rabid fans are less healthy than people who don't care about sports, the Los Angeles Times reports. And the bigger the fanatic, "the more likely they are to consume more alcoholic beverages on the days that they choose to drink," the study's author says.

But despite fans' higher body mass index and bad diet, researchers see reason for optimism. Sports fans tend to be big spenders—on tickets, gear, travel—and that makes them "a perfect segment to which health prevention marketing efforts can be directed," a sports management professor says.

A dog named Packer, wearing a cheesehead and a Packers jersey, is seen outside Lambeau Field before a game.
A dog named Packer, wearing a cheesehead and a Packers jersey, is seen outside Lambeau Field before a game.   (AP Photo/Mike Roemer)
« Prev« Prev | Next »Next » Slideshow

The study results also revealed that the more psychologically connected fans are to a team, the more likely they are to consume more alcoholic beverages on the days that they choose to drink. - Daniel Sweeney, lead author

« Prev« Prev | Next »Next » Slideshow
OFF THE GRID
11.23.09
Books Are Bad for You
11.20.09
The Health-Care Wars Have Just Begun
0 comments
VIEWING:
 
LEAVE A
COMMENT Comment Policy
Facebook ConnectPost this comment to Facebook?

After connecting you will have the option to post your comment on your Facebook profile.

 

Related Newser Stories

11 Stories

 Junk Food Linked 
 to Depression 

Fatty, refined foods jack risk by 58%

Nov 2, 09 9:53 AM CST
(Newser) - Feeling blue? Put down the cookies: Eating a diet rich (or, should we say, poor) in processed foods increases the risk of depression, a study finds. British scientists studied 3,500 adults over five years; those who ate mainly fried, processed, refined, high-fat foods had a 58% greater risk of... More »

MORE ABOUT:
health • depression • diet • health study • women's issues • processed foods

Sure, We Read the Calorie Charts—Then Eat More

Customers say they seek guidance from signs, but receipts tell a different story

Oct 6, 09 11:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new study casts doubt on the effectiveness of calorie-counting charts in fast-food restaurants. Half of those surveyed in New York City say they noticed the charts, and about 28% say the information influenced their orders for the better. But a look at overall customer receipts shows people are ordering... More »

MORE ABOUT:
obesity • New York City • fast food • consumption • calories • health study • calorie-posting law • restaurant chain

 Poor Kids 
 Missing Out 
 on Multivitamins 

Well-heeled kids take them, poor need them

Feb 5, 09 6:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Vitamin supplements can combat kids' dietary deficiencies, but tend to be taken by those who least need them, reports Time. A five-year study found that a third of US children take supplements—but those kids are much more likely to be white, with higher incomes, healthier diets, and better health... More »

MORE ABOUT:
health care • health insurance • children • vitamins • diet • National Health Service • poverty • health study • dietary supplement

11 Stories


Winning teams offer break from bad news
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Must-have gifts for sports fanatics
MarketWatch


Science & Health  •  Sports 
TwitterFollow @NewserScience on Twitter

 
diet • fast food • health study • body mass index • sports fans • University of Arkansas

from our news partners