Achieve of FC Barcelona the titles raise the fertility rate among its fans

Study: 16% increase in births among fans of the team, Spain, after 9 months of Achieve 3 Championships

A new study finds a link between Achievements  of the team, "Barcelona" for titles between birth rates among its fans in Spain, and noted an increase in fertility rates by up to 16% between fans of Barcelona after nine months of Achieve the team for three major tournaments in 2009.

After nine months of Achieve the player Iniesta goal in the final minutes to Chelsea in the Champions League on May 6, 2009 and then win the title in the final match, the Spanish media began trading terms such as "generation Iniesta" or "impact Iniesta" in reference to what it said was a 45% increase in birth rates in the region of Catalonia after nine months of the target, based on what it claimed to be statistically included five hospitals in the province.

In the study, published on Wednesday in the journal "BMG" known as the "British Medical Journal", the researchers Investigated about the fact that "the impact of Iniesta" by measuring the birth rates in two of motherhood in the provinces Bugs and Solis (about 200 thousand inhabitants), known the extent of fanaticism for FC Barcelona at the expense of rivals in Catalonia, and from which Guardiola coach was born when Achieve titles.

The researchers found a 16% increase in the month of February 2010 (ie, after nine months of the title) as compared to previous years at this time, and continued to increase in the birth rate by 11% in the next month (March), and then back down again in the following months .

Thus, the results of the study by EE researchers prove to "Does victories sports effect on birth rates?" the fact that "the impact of Iniesta" statistically virtually, though it may find that the Catalan media had exaggerated the matter when they claimed that the increase in the birth rate stood at 45%, but did not wrong in terms of the idea.

Researcher "Matt Elmore," one of those in charge of on the study, interpreted the results of the study, saying: "In the moments of ecstasy fluctuate hormones in the body and increase people's intimate, and we can say that the hormones involved people ceremonies and euphoria, and thus increasing the decisions and steps is logical and it can be assumed that most of the pregnancies occur then be unplanned. "

When asked the researcher about the reason for the failure to extend the study of birth rates across Catalonia and limited to two provinces specific, he replied researcher: "If we want to look at the" impact of Iniesta, "it is only fair that we study it between audience Barcelona. Catalonia region mixed and divided in his devotions sports, and thus the impact of this will not apply to all of it, has made some researchers independently reviewed the birth rate in the region in full and found a small increase in the birth rate did not exceed 1.2%, but this does not conflict with the results of our study. "

And there are not many examples of studies installed earlier studied the effect of victories sports in birth rates, according to the researcher, but there is a contrast, "The impact of Christmas," which talked about many of the previous studies, which assume a significant increase in birth rates nine months after the holidays New Year's Day each year .