Recreational football practice attenuates postprandial lipaemia in normal and overweight individuals

The aim of the present study was to examine the effects of playing football on postprandial lipaemia in normal and overweight individuals. Fifteen (7 normal weight, age = 32.3 ± 6.0 years, BMI = 22.8 ± 3.4 kg/m2 and 8 overweight, age = 33.3 ± 5.5 years, BMI = 29.2 ± 3.2 kg/m2, mean ± SD) recreational football players were recruited. On the evening of day 1, participants played a 60-min 9-a-side football match (FOOT) or rested (control; CON) in a...