Scottish Health Survey 2008 (Adults) What We Know So Far
A summary of the adult physical activity results from the 2008 Scottish Health Survey
2008 Scottish Health Survey Adult Results
Sonnda Catto, Public Health Surveys Manager, NHS Health Scotland provided an analysis of the results highlighting that only 39% of adults in Scotland currently meet the physical activity recommendations. Concluding that although there has been significant improvements in adult compliance with the recommendations over both the short and long term (ie 2003-08 and 1998-08) inequalities still exist as in previous surveys in relation to gender, age, SIMD.
Identifying priority groups for future actions as:
- Men aged 45+ year
- All women
- Older adults aged 65+ years
- Those in the least active group living in the most deprived areas
Summarising that the Let's Make Scotland More Active (Scottish Executive, 2003) targets for 2022 remain achievable but only if the rate of progress is accelerated.
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