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As England-only research is presented as evidence of a child-obesity crisis ‘across the UK’, how the Scottish Government has been turning the tide

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By Professor John Robertson As the Guardian headlines UK children shorter, fatter and sicker amid poor diet and poverty, report finds based on a Food Foundation report explicitly titled A NEGLECTED GENERATION: Reversing the decline in children’s health in England, I’ve struggled to access the full data or to directly comparable Scottish data from the same period. However in December 2022, only 18 months ago, I had: Dramatic fall in number of children at risk of obesity In just one year after the effects of the pandemic in increasing the risk, NHS Scotland and Government programmes, schools and children themselves … Continue reading As England-only research is presented as evidence of a child-obesity crisis ‘across the UK’, how the Scottish Government has been turning the tide

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Deaths from heart disease FALL – another complete lie from the Herald’s health correspondent

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From the National Records of Scotland, on 12 December 2023, the most recent data, the above reveals: Yet in the Herald today: The number of people on cardiology waiting lists is at the highest level on record in Scotland amid “chronic underinvestment” and a “worrying” increase in deaths from heart disease.   The British Heart Foundation (BHF) Scotland has warned that decades of progress in reducing mortality from cardiovascular causes is being lost, with hundreds of patients now waiting more than a year to see a cardiologist and over 23,000 people on outpatient lists. So, a charity tells us there’s an increase and a … Continue reading Deaths from heart disease FALL – another complete lie from the Herald’s health correspondent