Document title: Obesity in Scotland: an epidemiology briefing
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The report provides an overview of the epidemiology of obesity in Scotland, describing geographical and social variations in obesity, health inequalities and related morbidity and mortality. The report concludes by identifying some important information needs and gaps for public health intelligence on obesity in Scotland. This is the first in a series of reports by ScotPHO on key public health issues in Scotland.
Author(s): Ian Grant, Colin Fischbacher (ISD Scotland), Bruce Whyte (Glasgow Centre for Population Health)
Publisher(s): ScotPHO
Date published: 25 September 2007
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Full report: Obesity in Scotland (2.3Mb)

Commentary by Prof. Mike Lean: Obesity in Scotland - Commentary (172Kb)

(Please note: This commentary on our obesity report was kindly provided by Professor Mike Lean, with contributions from Professor Naveed Sattar, Dr Catherine Hankey and Hazel Ross. ScotPHO is not responsible for the content of the commentary and does not necessarily endorse the views expressed within it. The commentary discusses the measurement and definition of obesity and future strategies for tackling the problem. ScotPHO would like to point out that in the final section of our report we argued not for more information on the relative contribution of diet and physical activity, but for better information on the broader social determinants of obesity. We hope that this commentary will stimulate further debate, and we welcome further contributions.)

Commentary by Dr Gerry McCartney & Prof. Phil Hanlon: Obesity - is sustainability the answer? (43Kb)

(Please note: ScotPHO is not responsible for the content of this commentary and does not necessarily endorse the views expressed within it.)

Related additional resource: Scottish Obesity Action Resource National Report (published 22 November 2007, by the Scottish Public Health Network (ScotPHN)).