MAN v FAT might be increasing its footprint within the north of the rustic in 2024, with a brand new funded membership getting underway in Gateshead from January 2024.

The six-a-side soccer membership, organised through MAN v FAT Soccer in affiliation with Lively Via Soccer Gateshead and Gateshead Council, takes position on Wednesday evenings at Gateshead Global Stadium, Neilson Street, and can supply the possibility of a 14 week funded spot for males within the the city.

MAN v FAT is in particular geared toward obese and overweight males with a BMI of upper than 27.5. In 2019 it used to be reported that 69% of adults in Gateshead are obese or overweight, which may well be as many as 113,000 other folks.

The programme used to be created through Andrew Shanahan, who, fed-up with conventional weight reduction categories essentially geared toward ladies, made up our minds to increase a programme that mixes the gorgeous sport with achievable weight reduction objectives for males. The entire quantity of weight misplaced through MAN v FAT gamers in the United Kingdom these days stands at greater than 600,000 kilos.

Sooner than suits, the gamers are weighed, which is adopted through a 30-minute sport of six-a-side, with further function bonuses awarded to groups according to the quantity of weight gamers have misplaced. Avid gamers obtain further beef up together with wholesome meal recipe concepts and recommendations on basic health.