Policy
A wider framework for action is laid out in 'Improving Health in Scotland - the Challenge' (2003). This provides a policy framework for food and health improvement work in Scotland and improve the health of our most disadvantaged communities at a faster rate.
This document outlines a framework for action in the form of a Challenge. It includes work on all the determinants of health.
However, for the first phase, the focus will be on five of the top 10 key risk factors affecting health and four specific areas.
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Risk Factors |
Specific Areas |
|---|---|
| Tobacco | Early years |
| Alcohol | Teenage transition |
| Low fruit and vegetable intake | Workplace |
| Physical activity levels | Communities |
| Obesity |
Resources relating to Policy
- Policy Review: Review of the Scottish Diet Action Plan (SDAP)
Process and all information regarding the Policy Review: Review of the Scottish Diet Action Plan (SD... - WHO Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health (2004)
The overall goal of the Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health is to promote and prot... - Policy Review: Review of the Scottish Diet Action Plan (SDAP)
Review of the Scottish Diet Action Plan: Surveys - Being Well - Doing Well: A Framework for Health-promoting Schools in Scotland (2004)
The document offers a working definition of health-promoting schools and provides a holistic view of... - Survey of sugar intake among children in Scotland (2008)
Findings from this FSAS survey indicate that children in Scotland are eating too much sugar. The sur... - Healthy Eating, Active Living: An action plan to improve diet, increase physical activity and tac...
A new action plan Healthy Eating, Active Living: An action plan to improve diet, increase physical a... - National Library for Public Health
The new National Library for Public Heath is a constantly developing resource and information will b... - Green, Healthy and Fair - Review of the government's role in supporting sustainable supermarket food
A Sustainable Development Commission review of policies affecting supermarkets has concluded that go... - Healthy Weight Healthy Lives
Healthy Weight Healthy Lives is the Government-led strategy for tackling obesity. - All Our Futures: Planning for a Scotland with an Ageing Population: Vol 1 - Summary and action plan
The Scottish Government strategy outlining opportunities for older people in respect of health. - Schools (Health Promotion and Nutrition) (Scotland) Bill
This Bill was passed in April 200. It places statutory nutrition requirements for the provision of f... - Delivering a Healthy Future (2007)
Delivering a Healthy Future sets out a structured programme of actions, drawn primarily from existin... - Breastfeeding in Groups Trial
The Breastfeeding in groups trial carried out field work from 2005 and is starting to report. - The challenge of obesity in the WHO European Region and the strategies for response (2007)
Edited by:
Francesco Branca, Haik Nikogosian and Tim Lobstein
WHO Regional Office for... - Response to the Report of the Working Group on Monitoring Scottish Dietary Targets
The response from the Food Standards Agency Scotland and the Scottish Government Health Department t... - Eating for Health: Meeting the Challenge
This provides a strategic framework for Food and Health that builds on key actions outlined in Impro... - Eating for Health: A diet action plan for Scotland (now called The Scottish Diet Action Plan)
The SDAP sets out the various steps the key players can take on a voluntary basis to improve the Sco... - Nutrition and Physical Activity
The European Commission is aware of the seriousness of this problem. Public health nutrition, physic... - Health Canada
Information on initiatives in food safety and nutrition including Canada's Food Guide. - A Review of Food Consumption and Nutrient Intakes from National Surveys in Scotland
Following the publication of the Report of the Working Group on Monitoring Scottish Dietary Targets... - Policy Review: Review of the Scottish Diet Action Plan (SDAP)
A report on the Review of the Scottish Diet Action Plan: Progress and Impacts 1996-2005. - First Action Plan for Food and Nutrition Policy: A WHO guide for member states on developing food
This document stresses the need to develop food and nutrition policies which protect and promote hea... - Comparison of Nutrition Policy Implementation in Scotland with Twelve Countries
This report provides an analysis of some similarities and differences between policies in Scotland a... - Policy Review: Review of the Scottish Diet Action Plan (SDAP)
Review of the Scottish Diet Action Plan: Commissioned reports. - Better Communities in Scotland: Closing the Gap
This strategy sets out how the Scottish Executive together with its partners in local government,... - Hungry for Success: A Whole School Approach to School Meals in Scotland
Hungry for Success is about a whole school approach to school meals through partnerships between chi... - Improving Health in Scotland: The Challenge
This document sets out a strategic framework to support the delivery of a more rapid rate of health... - Improving Health in Scotland: The Challenge
This document set out a strategic framework to support the delivery of a more rapid rate of health i... - Report of the Working Group on Monitoring Scottish Dietary Targets (2005)
The Scottish Executive Health Department and the Food Standards Agency Scotland established a Workin...
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