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In the new Gambling Survey for Great Britain, the rate of problem gambling was listed as 2.5%, while it was 0.5% in the last survey.

Scottish heath chiefs have accused tobacco companies of "keeping prices artificially low" to entice young people to start smoking, as they called for minimum pricing of tobacco and e-cigarettes.

If consumers with a high intake of red meat and processed red meat – such as beef, ham and sausages – reduced their consumption to the recommended 70g or less per day, this would achieve a 16 per cent reduction in all meat consumption across the coun

Smokers in Scotland made fewer attempts to give up their habit last year – with the number of quit attempts falling for the 11th consecutive year.

Mental wellbeing in Scotland is at its lowest level on record, a survey has suggested.

Has the media contributed to the mental health epidemic in Scotland?

Police Scotland is running a concerted crackdown on drink- and drug-driving to catch motorists ‘driving under the influence’.

The evidence of the benefits of movement to both physical and mental health is well documented. However, despite its apparent simplicity, for many people the advice “move more for your mental health” is easier said than done.

It is one of the most famous Scottish dishes and is enjoyed every year on Burns Night.

AN SNP MSP who resigned as a minister in the Scottish Government citing “post-traumatic stress” has hit out at hostility online.

At the end of November last year, we released the first in a regular series of new blog posts on the latest statistics and data news concerning the lives of people with learning disabilities.

The festive season tends to be a time of overindulgence when the last thing many people are worrying about is shedding a few Ibs or saying no to a second, or third, mince pie. Diets are for January.

Obesity rates have returned to pre-pandemic levels among schoolchildren in Scotland, but remain more than twice as high among those from the most deprived areas.

Soaring numbers of Scots feel lonely ‘most’ or ‘all’ of the time, a report into the health of the nation has found.