Scottish Health Survey - topic report: UK comparisons

REFERENCES AND NOTES: 3. DIET, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND OBESITY

1. Both surveys also include other questions about diet but they cover different aspects and are not comparable.

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25. Physical Activity Task Force. (2003). Let's make Scotland more Active. A strategy for Physical Activity. Edinburgh: Crown Copyright. www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/culture/lmsa-00.asp

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27. Better Health, Better Care Action Plan. Edinburgh: Scottish Government, 2007.

28. Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network. (2010). 115: Management of Obesity - A National Clinical Guideline. Edinburgh: SIGN/ NHSQIShttp://www.sign.ac.uk/guidelines/fulltext/115/index.html

29. Scottish Government. (2010). Preventing Overweight and Obesity in Scotland - A route map towards healthy weight. Edinburgh: Scottish Government.

30. Department of Health. Choosing Health: Making Healthy Choices Easier. TSO, London, 2004. www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/Browsable/DH_4097491

31. Choosing a Better Diet: A consultation on priorities for a food and health action plan. London: Department of Health, 2005. www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/06/58/34/04065834.pdf

32. Choosing Activity: a physical activity action plan. London: Department of Health, 2005. www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/10/57/10/04105710.pdf

33. Cross-Government Obesity Unit. Healthy weight, healthy lives: a Cross-Government Strategy for England. Department of Health and Department of Children, Schools and Families, London, 2008. www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/documents/digitalasset/dh_084024.pdf

34. Four commonly used methods to increase physical inactivity; brief interventions in primary care, exercise referral schemes, pedometer and community-based exercise programmes for walking and cycling. (Public Health Intervention Guidance No 2) National Institute for Clinical Excellence, London, 2006.

35. Obesity: the prevention, identification, assessment and management of overweight and obesity in adults and children. National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence, 2006. www.nice.org.uk/guidance/index.jsp?action=download&o=38295. page 222

36. Department of Culture, Media and Sports. Game Plan: A Strategy for Delivering the Government's Sports and Physical Activity Objectives. Strategy Unit, London, 2002

37. Be active, be healthy: A plan for getting the nation moving. London: Department of Health, 2009. www.dh.gov.uk/en/publicationsandstatistics/publications/publicationspolicyandguidance/dh_094358

38. Investing for Health 2002, Belfast: DHSSPS, 2002. www.dhsspsni.gov.uk/show_publications?txtid=10415

39. Fit Futures - Focus on Food, Activity and Young People. Belfast: DHSSPS, 2005. www.dhsspsni.gov.uk/ifh-fitfutures.pdf

40. See: www.dhsspsni.gov.uk/showconsultations?txtid=22125

41. See: www.niassembly.gov.uk/health/2007mandate/Inquiry/Inquiry_obesity.pdf

42. See: www.healthpromotionagency.org.uk/ http://www.publichealth.hscni.net/

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45. Bromley, C., Bradshaw, P. and Given, L. [eds.] (2009). The Scottish Health Survey 2008 - Volume 2: Technical Report. Edinburgh: Scottish Government. Available from: www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/09/28102003/0

46. Craig, R., Mindell, J., and Hirani, V. [Eds.] Health Survey for England 2008 - Volume 2: Methodology and Documentation. London: National Centre for Social Research. Available from: www.ic.nhs.uk/statistics-and-data-collections/health-and-lifestyles-related-surveys/health-survey-for-england/health-survey-for-england--2008-physical-activity-and-fitness

47. No technical report of the 2005/6 survey has been published, however methodological information can be found in the User Guide that accompanies the archived data, available from www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingdata/snDescription.asp?sn=5710&key=northern+ireland+health+and+social+wellbeing

48. For a full review of obesity measures see: National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (2006). CG43 Obesity: full guideline, section 2: Identification and Classification. [online] Available from: www.nice.org.uk/guidance/index.jsp?action=download&o=38295

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