Soccer players and athletes generally fear the extra weight they could accumulate, due to the quarantine period that has resulted in reduced physical activity due to an outbreak of the Corona virus emerging.
And if the stomachs of the stars of big stars like Argentine Diego Maradona, Brazilian Adriano, French Pierre André Genjac and Italian Antonio Cassano are still fresh in mind - and recently the Belgian Eden Real Madrid has been overweight since he moved to the Royal - it is expected to see some players who will suffer Excess weight when they return to their exercises.
But the reason this time will not be for staying up late, but for the sweetness of the family kitchen, as summarized by Juventus midfielder Aaron Ramsey, as he says, "I follow a work program sent to us by the club, but it is different from group training. I have to be careful and not overweight. "My wife loves cooking and I adore eating, and this is a dangerous mix. At home we have a lot of biscuits for children and I eat them every time I drink tea."
In parallel to reducing physical activity and increasing calories, athletes face the risk of losing muscle mass versus increasing fat, which worries Xavier Freeza, who works with professional footballers.
"Athletes do a lot of exercise, so they follow a rich diet linked to their specialty," Frieza said. "If their activity - which is what is happening now - shrinks and maintains the same diet, this is dangerous because they face weight gain in parallel with their declining fitness level."
The risk appears to be more serious for athletes who follow certain diets to follow very demanding exercises, such as swimmers.
"The biggest problem for me is food because I am binge eating," French swimmer Florent Manado told Agence France-Presse.
Good management
The nutritionist at the National Institute of Sport in France Yves Teulier says, "At the moment (the athletes) are doing well, the weight index remains stable. They all have a sports program and I have no indication of concern about the impact on their psychological condition or behavior."
"We will see after a while what will happen the moment they leave, because the most important thing is not the weight per se, but the distribution between the muscle mass and the fat that can lead to an imbalance without seeing it on the weight machine. This may lead to greater risks and injuries that may be caused to athletes."