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NDNS 2008 Rolling programme- Scottish boosts

Last Updated: 18/02/2010

UK data will be collected over 4 years (2008-2012); this Scottish boost collects dietary and nutritional status (blood samples) data for 800 adults and 800 children living in Scotland at an individual level from adults and children from 18 months old.

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Food Issues Survey Phase 1- Scottish boost

Last Updated: 18/02/2010

The survey will collect attitudinal and behavioural information from a representative sample of approximately 2,500 UK respondents.

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Children’s Dietary Survey 2010- Scotland (S14050)

Last Updated: 17/02/2010

This FSAS commissioned project follows up work begun in S14029 and S14039 to monitor progress towards the Scottish Dietary Target for sugar in children.

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Estimation of food and nutrient intakes from Expenditure and Food Survey purchase data in Scotland- 2007-2009 (S14035)

Last Updated: 17/02/2010

This FSAS commissioned project follows up work begun in S14023 and S14035 to monitor progress towards Scottish Dietary Targets.

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Sodium Survey 2009 (S14047)

Last Updated: 17/02/2010

This project was commissioned by Food Standards Agency Scotland to continue monitoring progress towards the Scottish Dietary Target to reduce salt intakes to 6g/day in the Scottish population. Fieldwork was ongoing in 2009.

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FHA conference 2009 - Healthy weight outcome framework workshop

Last Updated: 12/02/2010

Summary from the healthy weight outcome framework workshop

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Current awareness alert - Food and Health: January 2010

Last Updated: 09/02/2010

A monthly current awareness alert to keep you up-to-date with new research in the field of food and health.

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Citizens' Forum findings on food issues in Scotland

Last Updated: 09/02/2010

The Food Standards Agency Scotland's latest report of people's views on food issues in Scotland. This is part of a series of citizens' forums set up to establish a dialogue with the public on food.

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Current Awareness Alert for Food & Health - Nov 2009

Last Updated: 29/12/2009

A monthly current awareness alert to help you to keep up to date with new research in the field of food and health.

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Food, eating, health and fatness: The perceptions and experiences of young teenagers from disadvantaged families

Last Updated: 29/12/2009

This Scottish qualitative study investigates young peoples' attitudes and experiences of healthy eating and healthy weight.

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Physical activity, diet and risk of Alzheimer disease

Last Updated: 14/12/2009

This 2009 journal article gives the results of a 14 year American cohort study into whether the combination of a Mediterranean-type diet and higher physical activity levels resulted in a lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Both factors have been investigated separately but this is the first study to explore the effects of combining them on the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.

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The Scottish Health Survey 2008

Last Updated: 08/10/2009

A variety of health statistics are reported annually, with chapter 5 covering fruit and vegetable consumption and chapter 7 covering obesity in volume 1 of the report.

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Recession is affecting eating habits

Last Updated: 08/10/2009

This research carried out in 2008 across the UK for the Food Standards Agency investigates into what influences people’s eating habits and studies people’s food purchasing and consumption patterns.

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Assisting Dietary Change in Low Income Communities: Assessing the Impact of a Community-based Practical Food Skills Intervention ('CookWell') (2000-2002)

Last Updated: 08/10/2009

This research developed, implemented and evaluated a transferable, community-based, food-skills programme in Dundee, aimed at increasing consumption of fibre-rich starchy carbohydrates, fish, vegetables and fruit and decreasing the consumption of fat in adults living in low-income areas.

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Growing up in Ireland study

Last Updated: 07/10/2009

This national longitudinal study is continuing to progress by collecting information from 18, 500 children across Ireland. The aim is to improve our understanding of all aspects of children and their development.

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Current awareness alert - Food and Health

Last Updated: 07/10/2009

A selection of recent research articles on food and health.

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Comparison of nutrition policy implementation in Scotland with twelve countries

Last Updated: 06/10/2009

This report provides an analysis of some similarities and differences between policies in Scotland and 12 other countries (Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Ireland, Israel, New Zealand, Norway, Slovenia, Sweden, and USA).

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Community Perceptions of Dietary Change and Key Influences 1995-2005

Last Updated: 05/10/2009

This report outlines the qualitative findings from the community level strand of the Review of the Implementation of the Scottish Diet Action Plan (SDAP), 1996-2005. This strand of work sought to establish consumer perceptions of dietary change over the past 10 years and the factors driving it.

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Children of the 1950s

Last Updated: 05/10/2009

This Aberdeen-based cohort study is designed to investigate biological and social influences in early life on health in later life, from infancy to adulthood.

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Childhood obesity statistics

Last Updated: 05/10/2009

ISD provides statistical data on childhood BMI and obesity in Scotland.

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