Overweight After The World Cup
Meetings and binge eating with friends is something that you planned for months, and is that in general, the football fan can not see a party you do not have snacks and drinks on the table. But if you consider that the World Cup lasts for 30 days and you have 5 full weekends, at least, to do nothing more than watch TV with a pizza and a “six pack” of beer on the side, the end of this month ‘sport’ will end up with several extra pounds.
According to a study in the UK, one in ten British football fans will consume about 20 cans and 20 pints of beer during the World Cup in South Africa, which will result in a significant increase in overweight men between the population of that country. But if we consider that the bars around the world are filled during the hours that passed the World Cup, we can imagine the effect will be similar everywhere.
The team of Ron Maughan, professor of sports nutrition at the University of Loughborough, also found that one in seven football fans consume about 10 pizzas in the course of the entire competition. “Eating and drinking well now and then does not hurt, but our research suggests that some men who see the World will consume an awful lot of junk food,” said Maughan.
Without being an expert I must point out this reality, we know that during this month most of us will raise their consumption of potato chips, sodas and other unhealthy foods. The important thing here is to make awareness of health problems this can bring us.
Maughan said that fans should think about what they are eating and try to adopt a lifestyle similar to that of those who are your idols in the playing field so that by incorporating an exercise routine a bit to offset the effect of this season high calorie intake.
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