Abstract Progress towards more sustainable societies requires moving from reactive responses to immediate problems, a proactive focus on avoiding possible future problems and preparing for potential events. This that sustainability is endorsed by group or opinion leader be adopted society. Organisations have been instrumental in fostering can such leaders. During the last 10 years, there has an...

1190 www.thelancet.com Vol 383 April 5, 2014 Obesity is a major public health issue with substantial direct and indirect health-care costs. The global prevalence of obesity has doubled in the past 30 years, from 4·8% to 9·8% in men and from 7·9% to 13·8% in women. Although rates of obesity in men are increasing, men are less likely to consider themselves overweight or to volunteer for weight lo...

In this article, we frame men’s club football as an “extremely gendered” organization to explain the underrepresentation of women leaders within industry. By analyzing women’s leadership work over a 30-year period, find that inclusion has been confined limited number occupational areas. These areas are removed, in terms influence and proximity, from male players playing football. findings revea...

ABSTARCTSince its inception in 1992, the Premier League has faced a number of economic shocks, including global financial crisis. While there is ample literature on insolvency football clubs, this does not necessarily help us gauge fragility to shocks. Clubs’ resilience shocks important our understanding League’s ability grow and outperform other leagues an increasingly competitive industry. Us...

OBJECTIVES To determine by survey whether the frequency of use of performance enhancing drugs (drug doping) is significant in elite players of Australian Rules football, and to compare this frequency with that in other competitions. METHODS Randomised unannounced prospective urine testing during the period 1990-95 of players from the Australian Football League out of competition, in competiti...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of obesity in men in the UK is amongst the highest in Europe but men are less likely than women to use existing weight loss programmes. Developing weight management programmes which are appealing and acceptable to men is a public health priority. Football Fans in Training (FFIT), a men-only weight management programme delivered to groups of men at top professional foot...