Diet and healthy weight: monitoring report 2019

Latest results against the obesity indicator framework originally developed to monitor progress against our Prevention of Obesity Route Map (February 2010), now superseded by the Diet and Healthy Weight Delivery Plan and Active Scotland Delivery Plan (summer 2018).

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Footnotes

1. https://www2.gov.scot/Publications/2010/02/17140721/19

2. Katrina F Brown et al (2018) The fraction of cancer attributable to modifiable risk factors in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the United Kingdom in 2015
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41416-018-0029-6.pdf

3. Hauner H (2010). Obesity and diabetes. in Holt RIG, Cockram CS, Flyvbjerg A et al (ed.) Textbook of diabetes. 4th edition.

4. Guh et al (2009) The incidence of co-morbidities related to obesity and overweight: A systematic review and meta-analysis
https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2458-9-88

5. A Castle (2015) Obesity in Scotland. SPICe Briefing, 15/01. 7 Jan 2015.
http://www.parliament.scot/ResearchBriefingsAndFactsheets/S4/SB_15-01_Obesity_in_Scotland.pdf

6. Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation. Chart presents most and least deprived SIMD quintiles.

7. Scottish Government (2019), The Scottish Health Survey 2018, volume 1, main report.
https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/statistics/2019/09/scottish-health-survey-2018-volume-1-main-report/documents/scottish-health-survey-2018-edition-volume-1-main-report/scottish-health-survey-2018-edition-volume-1-main-report/govscot%3Adocument/scottish-health-survey-2018-edition-volume-1-main-report.pdf

8. Using the Scottish Index of Multiple Derivation (SIMD), this represents the over 60% most deprived areas of Scotland.

9. Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation. Chart presents most and least deprived SIMD quintiles.

10. Scottish Government (2016), The Scottish Health Survey 2015, volume 1, main report.
https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/statistics/2016/09/scottish-health-survey-2015-volume-1-main-report/documents/00505798-pdf/00505798-pdf/govscot%3Adocument/00505798.pdf

11. Between 2001 and 2006, the increase in numbers was partly due to improved recording. The increase observed since 2007 is more likely to reflect a real increase in numbers.

12. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/family-food-datasets

13. All adults within the household are asked to keep a diary to record all items of expenditure for two weeks. Children aged 7 to 15 years are also asked to keep a record of their personal expenditure.

14. https://www.foodstandards.gov.scot/publications-and-research/publications/latest-estimation-of-food-and-nutrient-intakes

15. Scottish Government (2019), The Scottish Health Survey 2018, volume 1, main report.
https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/statistics/2019/09/scottish-health-survey-2018-volume-1-main-report/documents/scottish-health-survey-2018-edition-volume-1-main-report/scottish-health-survey-2018-edition-volume-1-main-report/govscot%3Adocument/scottish-health-survey-2018-edition-volume-1-main-report.pdf

16. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/family-food-datasets

17. All adults within the household are asked to keep a diary to record all items of expenditure for two weeks. Children aged 7 to 15 years are also asked to keep a record of their personal expenditure.

18. The analysis is based on intakes of Non-milk Extrinsic Sugars (NMES) which are also known as added or free sugars and are found in sweets, biscuits, soft drinks, added to breakfast cereals, table sugar, honey and fruit juice. They are not in milk or integrally present in the cells of food such as fruit and vegetables.

19. The Scottish Dietary Goal (SDG) has recently been updated (Scottish Government, 2016) and is now that no more than 5% of daily energy intake should be from free sugars. Data reported in previous years were based on recommended levels of 11%.

20. In February 2018, Kantar Worldpanel made changes to improve the way they weigh and measure Scotland, as well as other regions in Great Britain. This means that the standard Kantar definition now captures data on Scotland only, rather than Scotland and Borders. This has resulted in an up-weighting on the volumes purchased of the Scottish region. Data have been updated with the revised definition of Scotland from 2014 only.

21. Food Standards Scotland has improved the definitions of diet and regular soft drinks to now include both ambient and chilled drinks. Previous monitoring reported ambient soft drinks only. Data using this improved definition is only available from 2014.

22. In February 2018, Kantar Worldpanel made changes to improve the way they weigh and measure Scotland, as well as other regions in Great Britain. This means that the standard Kantar definition now captures data on Scotland only, rather than Scotland and Borders. This has resulted in an up-weighting on the volumes purchased of the Scottish region. Data have been updated with the revised definition of Scotland from 2014 only.

23. These figures fluctuate weekly. The data presented are a snap-shot in time at a given moment.

24. Environmental Scan of Potential Policy Interventions to Tackle Obesogenic Aspects of the Built Environment, Mooney et al 2010.

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