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Smarter Choices Smarter Places: Going Smarter – Final Report

Last Updated: 14/05/2013

Smarter Choices, Smarter Places is a Transport Scotland project in partnership with COSLA. Designed to increase active travel and public transport use and tackle transport emissions, the scheme was launched on 17 March 2008 and the local programmes were implemented between 2009 and 2012. This report details the monitoring systems and evaluation findings of the programme.

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BHFNC evidence briefings highlight physical activity benefits and cost

Last Updated: 14/05/2013

These two new evidence briefings from the BHFNC, written in partnership with the County Sports Partnership Network, are designed for anyone working in the field of physical activity and health.

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Get Britain Cycling

Last Updated: 25/04/2013

A landmark report on the future of cycling in Britain calls for a national cycling champion to lead a drive for 10 per cent of all journeys in Britain to be by bike by 2025.

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Health behaviours through life course

Last Updated: 09/04/2013

This report, commissioned by the Department of Health, is the first of a series of twice yearly surveys which track core health behaviours, their interactions and influences and how these vary across key life stages.

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BHFNC Briefings highlight activity benefits and cost savings

Last Updated: 09/04/2013

These two new evidence briefings from the BHFNC, written in partnership with the County Sports Partnership Network, are designed for anyone working in the field of physical activity and health. They can be used by strategic organisations and community groups alike.

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Physical Activity Evidence Briefings

Last Updated: 21/03/2013

NHS Health Scotland have produced a series of evidence briefings on a number of health improvement topics, including; alcohol, food, physical activity and tobacco. Below you will find the physical activity briefings relevant to a number of settings and topics.

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Interpreting the UK physical activity guidelines for children

Last Updated: 08/03/2013

This new booklet from the BHFNC will help anyone working with children and young people to use the Government’s physical activity guidelines.

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Physical Activity and Inequalities

Last Updated: 06/03/2013

This briefing paper looks specifically at physical activity and heath inequalities.

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Costing the burden of ill health related to physical inactivity in Scotland

Last Updated: 19/02/2013

This report describes the work undertaken to develop and apply a methodology to produce estimates of the direct primary and secondary care costs to the NHS attributable to physical inactivity for Scotland.

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Walking for Health Briefing Document

Last Updated: 15/02/2013

This new briefing document from Walking for Health is designed to make the case for walking schemes and highlight the health benefits they can provide, especially to the least active.

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NICE Guidance on Walking & Cycling & Behaviour Change

Last Updated: 11/02/2013

NICE has developed two new local government public health briefings, one on walking and cycling and the other on behaviour change.

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BHFNC - Physical Activity Patterns in children, Scotland

Last Updated: 11/02/2013

The BHFNC has produced factsheets around current statistics on physical activity behaviours of children in Scotland

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Physical Activity in Adults Factsheet

Last Updated: 22/01/2013

The BHF National Centre has produced a factsheet on physical activity patterns among adults in Scotland. This latest resource provides up-to-date facts and figures on physical activity behaviours.

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Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) 2012

Last Updated: 15/01/2013

The Scottish Government has published the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) 2012.

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Chief Medical Officer Annual Report 2012 - Health In Scotland 2011, Transforming Scotland's health

Last Updated: 07/01/2013

The 2012 CMO report talks about health inequalities. It has a chapter on physical activity and lists increasing physical activity, early years, and reducing youth offending as 3 ways to significantly improve things for the people of Scotland

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Development of Key Themes for Physical Activity Promotion - Learning Note

Last Updated: 19/12/2012

NHS Health Scotland commissioned research to understand the key themes that should be used by professionals to engage members of the public to be more physcially active. This learning note brings together the findings in a succinct summary.

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Obesity Indicators 2012 - Monitoring progress for the prevention of Obesity Route Map

Last Updated: 18/12/2012

This publication reports the latest results for the indicators selected to monitor progress of the Scottish Government’s Prevention of Obesity Route Map.

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Travel Actively report - More people more active

Last Updated: 04/12/2012

The latest Travel Actively report from the Active Travel Consortium, More people more active, shows that over the last four years two million people have been encouraged to be more active by walking and cycling for everyday journeys.

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NICE Guidance - Walking and cycling: local measures to promote walking and cycling as forms of travel or recreation

Last Updated: 04/12/2012

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has produced new guidance urging people to travel on foot or bike rather than by car for short journeys

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The British Heart Foundation National Centre for Physical Activity and Health

Last Updated: 03/12/2012

The British Heart Foundation National Centre for Physical Activity and Health (BHFNC) is a key source for physical activity and health information in the UK.

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