Scottish Health Survey 2015 - volume 1: main report

Findings and trends of the Scottish Health Survey 2015, providing information on the health of people living in Scotland.


References and notes

1 Fogelholm M. "Physical activity, fitness and fatness: relations to mortality, morbidity and disease risk factors. A systematic review". Obesity Reviews, 11(3): 202-221. 2010

2 Brown WJ, Bauman AE, Bull FC, Burton NW. Development of Evidence-based Physical Activity Recommendations for Adults (18-64 years). Report prepared for the Australian Government Department of Health, August 2012. www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/health-pubhlth-strateg-phys-act-guidelines/$File/DEB-PAR-Adults-18-64years.pdf

3 Royal College of Psychiatrists. Physical Activity and Mental Health. Online. 2012. www.rcpsych.ac.uk/expertadvice/treatmentswellbeing/physicalactivity.aspx

4 Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network. Non-pharmaceutical management of depression. A national clinical guideline. SIGN guideline no. 114. Edinburgh: SIGN, 2010.

5 Burns, H. and Murray, A. (2012) Creating Health Through Physical Activity. BJSM, ), 1-2.

6 Gow, A. et.al. (2012) Neuroprotective lifestyles and the ageing brain: activity, atrophy and white matter integrity. Neurology, 79 (17) 1802-8

7 Start Active, Stay Active - A report on physical activity for health from the four home countries' Chief Medical Officers. (web only). UK Department of Health, July 2011. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/216370/dh_128210.pdf

8 See: www.who.int/dietphysicalactivity/factsheet_inactivity/en/index.html

9 See: www.gov.scot/Topics/ArtsCultureSport/Sport/physicalactivity

10 See: www.gov.scot/About/Performance/scotPerforms/indicator/physicalactivity

11 See: www.gov.scot/Topics/ArtsCultureSport/Sport/Outcomes-Framework

12 A More Active Scotland - Building a Legacy from the Commonwealth Games. Scottish Government, February 2014. www.gov.scot/Publications/2014/02/8239/0

13 See: www.interamericanheart.org/images/PHYSICALACTIVITY/TorontoCharterPhysicalActivityENG.pdf

14 Let‟s Get Scotland Walking - the National Walking Strategy. Scottish Government, June 2014. www.gov.scot/Publications/2014/06/5743

15 Health Analytical Services Scottish Government and Information and Statistics Division, NHS National Services Scotland. Indicators to Monitor Progress of the Obesity Route Map. Edinburgh: Scottish Government. 2011. www.gov.scot/Resource/Doc/346011/0115167.pdf

16 See: www.activescotland.org.uk/

17 See: http://www.sportscotland.org.uk/schools/active-schools/

18 Giving Children and Young People a Sporting Chance, Scottish Government, June 2014. www.gov.scot/Publications/2014/06/7317

19 See: www.gov.scot/Topics/ArtsCultureSport/Sport/MajorEvents/Glasgow-2014/Commonwealthgames/Indicators

20 See: www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Health/scottish-health-survey

21 The questions used in the survey since 1998 are based on the Allied Dunbar National Fitness Survey, a major study of physical activity among the adult population in England carried out in 1990. For further details see: Health Education Authority. Allied Dunbar National Fitness Survey. Health Education Authority and Sports Council, London. 1992

22 Bromley C. Chapter 6: Physical Activity. In Rutherford L, Hinchliffe S and Sharp C (eds.) Scottish Health Survey 2012 - Volume 1: Main Report. Edinburgh: Scottish Government. 2013. www.gov.scot/Publications/2013/09/3684/10

23 The questions on child physical activity included in SHeS since 1998 are based on the 1997 Health Survey for England (HSE) children's physical activity module.

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