The SCPN Newsletter: Latest Articles
Dr Paul Kelly, Physical Activity for Health Research Centre (PAHRC), University of Edinburgh There is an ever increasing array of options now for the tech savvy (or not so savvy) to monitor their ...
The BBC reported recently that the ‘office cake culture is a danger to health’. Prof Nigel Hunt, of the Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons was quoted as saying ...
Profile Linda Bauld is Professor of Health Policy at the University of Stirling, Deputy Director of the UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies, and Cancer Research UK’s cancer prevention ...
Lorraine Tulloch, Programme Lead – Obesity Action Scotland, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow This is the question we posed at a meeting of interested parties in ...
Some reflections by Dr Andrew Fraser, NHS Health Scotland We have perhaps forgotten the first democratic jolt of the year, in May – the Scottish Elections. The language of prevention grew ...
In our penultimate issue of 2016, an overview of physical activity devices and apps (which one should you choose?), rethinking sugar-related fundraising activities and recognising and overcoming ...
The childhood obesity epidemic is being tackled head on around the world, including here in Scotland (See the Daily Mile on page 7). In many countries, national or statewide programmes have been ...
Prof Andrew Watterson, Occupational and Environmental Health Research Group, University of Stirling Legislation to protect workers against health and safety risks from exposure to carcinogens or ...
Learning about how to Sit Less, Get Active and fight inactivity is a key message for cancer risk reduction. The evidence prepared for the European Code Against Cancer suggests that 9% of breast ...
Participating in physical activity improves overall health and wellbeing, reducing the risk of disease and having a better quality of life. Having physically active employees has many benefits ...