The SCPN Newsletter: Volume 7, Issue 2

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Food Poverty: Measuring, Monitoring and Making a Difference

It is too easy when working with the cancer risks associated with obesity to forget that all too often we see the double burden of over nutrition and under nutrition as people strive to afford ...

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Human Rights and Cancer Prevention – let’s be realisitic

Dr Andrew Fraser, Director NHS Health Scotland At the Scottish Cancer Prevention Network conference We Can I Can in February, my colleague Drew Walker promoted the idea of the right to health. ...

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The Eatwell Guide Has Been Updated: Can you spot the difference?

The new Eatwell Guide shows the updated proportions of the food groups that are intended to help us meet official advice and nutrient requirements reflecting updated dietary recommendations in ...

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Editorial: Alcohol Guidelines and Breast Cancer Prevention

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 ...

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Scotland’s new cancer strategy ‘Beating Cancer: Ambition and Action’

So what do people think of the new cancer strategy? Annie S. Anderson Co-Director, Scottish Cancer Prevention Network The long awaited cancer strategy from Scottish Government has a clear focus ...

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The Scottish Dietary Goals have been revised

In March 2016 the Scottish Government revised the Scottish Dietary Goals [1] to reflect updated recommendations on intakes of sugar and fibre from the independent Scientific Advisory Committee on ...

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Interview – Dr Catherine Calderwood

An interview with Dr Catherine Calderwood, Chief Medical Officer for Scotland What do you enjoy most about your job? My role is incredibly varied and I have the opportunity to meet extremely ...

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The SCPN Newsletter: Volume 7, Issue 2

In our second issue of 2016, Scotland’s new cancer strategy, human rights and cancer prevention, the updated Eatwell guide, as well as the usual breakdown of cancer prevention research and ...

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The SCPN Newsletter: Volume 7, Issue 2

In our second issue of 2016, Scotland's new cancer strategy, human rights and cancer prevention, the updated Eatwell guide, as well as the usual breakdown of cancer prevention research and news from the Scottish Cancer Prevention Network.

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