MAN v FAT Soccer is a sport-based weight-loss program for overweight and obese men that originated in the United Kingdom (i.e., as MAN v FAT Football) and appears to successfully engage men with weight loss. We sought to explore whether the program would work in an Australian context by (a) establishing a foundation for the implementation of the program on a larger scale and (b) determining how large-scale implementation is most feasible. We conducted a nonrandomized, single intervention group feasibility trial of MAN v FAT Soccer in Australia with 418 male participants with a body mass index greater than 27.50 kg/m². Results indicate that the program is acceptable, with participants reporting positive perceptions of the various components of the program and a high proportion reporting intentions to recommend the program to others (95.9%). Furthermore, preliminary effectiveness results indicate positive changes in weight (4.6% reduction) and physical activity (88.5% increase) and improvements in psychological outcomes such as depression (17.6% decrease), stress (19.0% decrease), and body appreciation (19.1% increase). Our findings provide general support for the feasibility of MAN v FAT Soccer and the notion that leveraging competition and masculinity may help drive men’s health behavior change.

MAN v FAT Soccer 是一项针对超重和肥胖男性的基于运动的减肥计划，起源于英国（即 MAN v FAT Football），似乎成功地吸引了男性减肥。我们试图通过 (a) 为更大规模地实施该计划和 (b) 确定大规模实施最可行的方式来探索该计划是否会在澳大利亚环境中发挥作用。我们在澳大利亚对 418 名体重指数大于 27.50 kg/m ^{2的男性参与者进行了一项非随机、单干预组的 MAN v FAT Soccer 可行性试验}. 结果表明该计划是可以接受的，参与者报告了对该计划的各个组成部分的积极看法，并且很大比例的人报告了向其他人推荐该计划的意图（95.9％）。此外，初步有效性结果表明体重（减少 4.6%）和身体活动（增加 88.5%）和心理结果的改善（减少 17.6%）、压力（减少 19.0%）和身体欣赏（19.1%）增加）。我们的研究结果为 MAN v FAT Soccer 的可行性以及利用竞争和阳刚之气可能有助于推动男性健康行为改变的观点提供了普遍支持。