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People living in the most deprived parts of Scotland are still most likely to report being teetotal, according to a report giving a snapshot of the nation’s health.

Almost a quarter of those from the poorest areas (24%) said they didn’t drink alcohol, compared to 12% in the most affluent areas.

One in 20 adults (5 per cent) in Scotland had long Covid last year, new research shows.

The Scottish Health Survey found 1% of adults reported the condition limited their activities a lot.

The mental wellbeing of people in Scotland was lower last year than before the pandemic, falling to its lowest recorded level, according to research.

Average wellbeing for adults in 2021, measured using the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS), was 48.6 which was down from 49.8 in 2019.

An innovative new fitness programme called H//T Squash made its debut at the Inverness Tennis and Squash Club as part of the annual Scottish Women and Girls in Sport Week, organised by Active Scotland.

A PROGRAMME is being developed for schools in Glasgow to help educate young people about gambling harms, as part of efforts to tackle it as a public health issue.

The initiative has been revealed as a major summit is being held by the city council to examine how to address problem gambling.

A new study finds that moderate consumption of alcohol may reduce the risk of recurring cardiovascular events.
It says people with cardiovascular disease who drink may experience a reduced risk of heart attack, stroke, angina, or death from cardiovascular causes if they consume 7–8 alcoholic drinks per week.
People who consumed 6 ounces (oz) of alcohol per day lowered their risk by 50% compared to people with CVD who do not drink.

The Scottish Government has been called upon to help people out of the workforce due to illness get back into employment.

Figures this week showed 264,000 Scots were economically inactive due to illness last year.

The SNP has been accused of "betraying" Scots living with Long Covid as they have refused to deliver about £2m worth of funding to health boards who have requested it.

The Scottish Health Survey 2021 (SHeS) has revealed that 94 per cent of Scottish adults are not consuming enough fibre.

The alarming results suggest that just six per cent are meeting the recommended Scottish Dietary Goal (SDG) intake of 30g.

The Scottish Health Survey found 1 per cent of adults reported the condition limited their activities a lot.

Mental wellbeing in adults across Scotland has declined, online gambling has doubled in a decade but smoking has reached a new low.

Living a long life is no longer mysterious thanks to decades of groundbreaking research into the most important factors. Chief among them is building a buffer against chronic disease through your lifestyle. For example, cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death globally but the risk factors are modifiable.

Glasgow will be launching a new student program that will educate young people on the dangers posed by gambling. The program is a response to the high gambling rates in the locale and the spike in online gambling ushered by the quarantine.

The data compiled by the SGF found that only 24% of the population agreed that access to the products or information about them, should be restricted. Moreover, almost half of the people surveyed were opposed to this – with 24% saying they “strongly disagreed” and a further 24% who said they “tended to disagree.”
The group said that local policymakers and health experts need to consider these opinions in order to “ensure e-cigarettes are properly positioned to help Scotland meet its smoke-free target.”

Over recent years we have seen increasing rates of obesity and stubbornly high rates of smoking and harmful alcohol use. In time these could have a significant impact on life expectancy in Scotland, which has consistently risen since the 1950s but has stalled since 2012. 

Less than a quarter of Scots would back restrictions on the sale of e-cigarettes and vaping products, according a new poll.