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Study shows NFL fans get fatter after their team loses
CBS Sports ^
| September 5, 2013
| Will Brinson
Posted on 09/05/2013 7:11:24 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
Keep a close eye on your cholesterol, Raiders fans. A new study shows that fans of losing NFL teams tend to be more obese than fans of winning teams.
Via For the Win's Nate Scott, we learn of Pierre Chandon, the L'Oreal Chaired Professor of Marketing, Innovation and Creativity at INSEAD Business Schoool, and his study of NFL fans and their chunkalicious responses to defeat.
One day after a defeat, Americans eat 16 percent more saturated fat, and 10 percent more calories," Chandon writes. "But on the day after a victory of their favorite team, then it's the opposite. They eat more healthily. They eat 9 percent less saturated fat, and 5 percent fewer calories. There was no effect in cities without a team or with a team that didn't play."
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TOPICS: Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: football; nfl; obesity; weight
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To: ConservativeStatement
Corn Syrup Nation gets fatter, regardless. Americans are content to take the screwing they get as long as college football plays on Saturday, pro plays on Sunday, fake reality tv is on every week day and Taco Bell is open late.
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posted on
09/05/2013 8:33:30 AM PDT
by
Orangedog
(An optimist is someone who tells you to 'cheer up' when things are going his way)
To: CatherineofAragon
I don’t buy it, either. I lose my appetite when I’m upset.
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posted on
09/05/2013 8:34:19 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: trisham
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posted on
09/05/2013 8:46:18 AM PDT
by
CatherineofAragon
(Support Christian white males----the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.)
To: ConservativeStatement
If that’s true, as a Lions fan, I should weight about a thousand pounds by now.
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posted on
09/05/2013 8:47:03 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: CatherineofAragon
Im a Carolina Panthers fan
They had better be ready for the Seahawks on Sunday, FRiend.
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posted on
09/05/2013 8:52:27 AM PDT
by
dainbramaged
(Joe McCarthy was right.)
To: Orangedog
Americans are content to take the screwing they get
Lighten up, Francis.
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posted on
09/05/2013 8:54:29 AM PDT
by
dainbramaged
(Joe McCarthy was right.)
To: ConservativeStatement
Yeeeesh! I can’t watch another gawdawful offensive series. Guess it’s back to the wing buffet.
Sounds plausible.
To: big'ol_freeper; Lil'freeper; TrueKnightGalahad; blackie; Cincinatus' Wife; Larry Lucido; ...
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posted on
09/05/2013 8:58:12 AM PDT
by
Bender2
("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
To: dainbramaged
I do hear you. They did well in preseason, but of course that doesn’t mean much.
Hope springs eternal
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posted on
09/05/2013 9:29:36 AM PDT
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CatherineofAragon
(Support Christian white males----the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.)
To: ConservativeStatement
Study shows NFL fans get fatter after their team loses One can only hope:
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posted on
09/05/2013 9:55:44 AM PDT
by
erod
(I'm a Chicagoan till Chicago ends...)
To: CatherineofAragon
Not buying it. Im a Carolina Panthers fan, so according to this, I should be morbidly obese. Im not even fat!
You should be thankful that you follow a losing team, as this study shows you would be anorexic if they started winning.
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posted on
09/05/2013 9:57:44 AM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(There's no salvation in politics.)
To: Dr. Sivana
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posted on
09/05/2013 10:06:25 AM PDT
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CatherineofAragon
(Support Christian white males----the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.)
To: Rusty0604
Some libs and nannies have done away with keeping score at childrens games, as losing hurts their self esteem.
...if we’re not going to keep score at athletic events, then we already have the perfect game for that...soccer...nobody ever scores anyhow...
To: dainbramaged
Yeah, you’re right. Everything is okay. Time to deal with important things like american idol some show about ducks and hillbillies.
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posted on
09/05/2013 11:07:53 AM PDT
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Orangedog
(An optimist is someone who tells you to 'cheer up' when things are going his way)
To: ConservativeStatement; Perdogg; cripplecreek
Yeah, right, lifelong Lions fans would dispute this.
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posted on
09/15/2013 2:26:04 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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