Zero Sum Waistlines

Thank heaven for studies:

Study: Link Found Between Losing Sports Teams, Heavier Fans

Gov. Christie has tro be a Jets/Mets fan. And didn't Rudy get slimmer during his years as Mayor and First Fan?

Believe it or not, a study published Monday in a Psychological Science found that after a sports team loses, fans of that team eat 16 percent more saturated fats than they usually do.

Fans of winning teams apparently are getting thinner, too. The study found the winning fans ate 9 percent less saturated fat.

Fans have such a deep attachment to their NFL teams that losing can trigger a food binge, the study said.

Unless we can wave in a lot of losing teams from abroad (Canadian footballers?) I don't think we can leverage this into a national weight-reduction program.

But maybe some public service announcements by teams like the NY Jets could raise fan awareness of their likely food choices. "Don't be fat losers like us..." Hmm. Needs work.

Comments

[Janesun - the squaw]

Do I even want to be first?

[DrJ]

fans of that team eat 16 percent more saturated fats than they usually do.

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The study found the winning fans ate 9 percent less saturated fat.

And I thought that TM supports Taubes, who claims that fat intake on way or the other does't lead to weight gain or loss.

Now if those fats come as chips or their carbohydrate equivalents, that's different.

[GMax]

I would say that there can be little doubt that he is Yankee fan to the bone, which is way deep in his case...

[NK(tryin')]

What are the Yanks doing this year, and how 'bout that A-Rod contract? Is this an opportune time for this snark TM?

[Jeff Dobbs]

Hearing Information

Subject: Linking Healthy Eating and Professional Sports: When No One Loses, We All Win

Thursday 9/05/2013 - 9:30 a.m.

2141 Rayburn House Office Building

Subcommittee on Public Health and Welfare

By Direction of the Chairman

Brief: Hearing to consider proposal to ban keeping score in all professional sports to help promote healthy eating habits in fans.

[Thomas Collins]

H&R, I guarantee you there are Dem Congresscritters out there who would think it's a good idea to ban scorekeeping in all sports (except elections that ballot stuffed by the Dems).

[Dave (in MA)]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ShHpOO46YGk/UV2kBT3AQRI/AAAAAAAABf0/i_IdOXckqCA/s1600/I+beat+anorexia.jpg

I can't make out the team logo on the cap.

[Jeff Dobbs]

It looks like Notre Dame to me...

[Ignatz]

A federal program stocking losing city's shelves with Michelle approved food and snacks would nip this epidemic in the bud.
Not even Jets or Cubs fans would eat food that tastes like vomit would they?

[GMax]

Ya know who else is a Yankees fan, Roseanne Barr. I rest my case.

[Jeff Dobbs]

That would be like gun control in Chicago failing because states like Indiana have lax gun control, Iggy.

Leaving people waaaay too much freedom with that scheme and contraband food would be smuggled in.

Michelle's food must be mandated everywhere for everyone.

[GMax]

Have ya seen the waistline on CC Sabathia lately? He blocks out the sun in whole sections of the stadium during afternoon matches.

[Beasts of England]

I am looking rather svelte three of the last four years.

Thanks, St. Nick!

[Extraneus]

I believe I've gained an average of one pound a year since I've been a Jets fan, which started in 1968. And now I know why!

[Extraneus]

Is Lonegan finally looking at a real job? (As if being a senator is a real job.)

Cory Booker’s Imaginary Friend

[Ignatz]

--Michelle's food must be mandated everywhere for everyone.--

With appropriate waivers for VIPs of course.