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Nov 13

Could Walking you Dog Improve Your Health?

A note from the editor In the last few issues of the newsletter, we have looked at some practical ways to increase physical activity. For some time when I have talked about getting more active, I have highlighted how it would be considered cruel if dogs were not walked on a daily basis, but […]

Aug 13

Sit Less and Walk More

The evidence for the effect of regular activity on physical and mental health is substantial and convincing and the role of physical activity for cancer treatment and prevention is clear1. New evidence is emerging that suggests that not only do we need to be more active for good health, but we also need to think […]

Oct 12

Back to the Playground

The term “adult playground” may deter some adults from using one however it is this concept that could play a part in addressing Scotland’s ever expanding obesity epidemic. It is estimated that the majority of adults in Scotland do not achieve the recommended 150 minutes per week of moderate physical activity. This ...

Nov 11

New Physical Activity Guidelines

The Department of Health has recently published new physical activity guidelines. This report by the Chief Medical Officer produced UK-wide guidelines for all four of the home countries for the first time and introduced guidelines for early years (under fives) as well as for sedentary behaviour, something of which previously has not ...

Nov 11

Cancer Rehabilitation

It is vitally important that people living with cancer are given correct advice on staying active by professionally trained fitness instructors able to design individualised safe and effective exercise programmes. For this reason, Dr Anna Campbell established CanRehab in 2008: a training company whose mission is to deliver the ...

Jul 11

Getting Men Involved with Healthy Lifestyles

The FFIT (Football Fans in Training) programme is an innovative venture run by the Scottish Premier League and The New football pools which will be evaluated by a team from the Universities of Glasgow, Strathclyde and Dundee in conjunction with the MRC Social and Public Health sciences Unit in Glasgow. The pilot programme (12 weeks) ...

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