22 Jan 18 |
Editorial It’s never too late to care about excess body weight…. even over the age of 50. The last Scottish Health Survey reported that 65% of Scots were overweight (of these 29% were obese) and in men aged 65 to 74 this gure rose to 85% (with 41% obese). There are many good reasons […]
Continue Reading18 Oct 17 |
Scotland is awash with alcohol. Weekly sales amount to 20.2 units a week for every adult in the country when the recommendation for both men and women is to drink no more than 14 units a week. Given that around a fifth of people in Scotland don’t drink, it means that a huge number of […]
Continue Reading27 Jul 17 |
Inside this issue Achieving a tobacco-free generation by 2034 and improving the reach of Scotland’s cancer screening programmes are among the topics covered in Volume 8, Issue 3. In the science section we have the CUP report on Diet, Nutrition, Physical Activity and Breast Cancer from World Cancer Research Fund, cancer ...
Continue Reading01 May 17 |
In this issue In this issue we wanted to focus in on Cancer Survivorship although we still have many of our regular features. We have grouped all the survivorship articles together in this green shaded section to make them easier to find. We’d love to hear what you think of the idea of a themed […]
Continue Reading21 Feb 17 |
Happy New Year and welcome to our new style SCPN newsletter. We have been studying the feedback from our annual survey and we have had three very clear messages for change. More science – including work in Scotland More good practice ideas More public health dimensions. To satisfy these requests…you will find ...
Continue Reading27 Apr 16 |
Professor Annie S. Anderson (@anniescotta) Professor Bob Steele (@BobSteele6) The new alcohol guidelines [1] published in a consultation document earlier in the year are baffling. For a start they provide a very clear message that “the risk of a range of cancers, especially breast cancer, increases directly in line with ...
Continue Reading20 Jul 15 |
In this, our Summer 2015 issue, we hear from SHAAP Acting Policy Director Dr Emma Plant on Tackling Harmful Alcohol Use, discuss the latest research on breast cancer recurrence and breast feeding, and disseminate the latest from WCRF’s Continuous Update Project, as well as looking at cancer prevention with a Australian ...
Continue Reading15 Apr 15 |
In this, our Spring 2015 issue, we’ve done some Spring cleaning with a brand new redesign, as well as the latest cancer prevention research, with evidence linking liver cancer to body weight, challenging interventions within an obese society, “Children’s Charter” to work towards a tobacco free generation, and ...
Continue Reading03 Feb 15 |
The latest SCPN newsletter is out! In this issue, we have The Scottish Diet – the challenge of change, Healthy Start Alliance and Exercise Works! Scroll down for this issue’s editorial, or read the whole thing right below. Click here to download this issue as a PDF. Editorial Happy New Year to one […]
Continue Reading11 May 14 |
You might be unlikely to spot Prime Minister David Cameron next to you in the queue at W H Smith buying his paper before heading for the train but he has joined many other people in hitting out at the store’s policy of pushing cut price chocolate bars at every shopper who makes a purchase. […]
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