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Associations of specific types of sports and exercise with all-cause and cardiovascular-disease mortality

The study aims to fill the evidence gap for the relationship between specific sport disciplines and long-term health effects. It examines the associations of six…

Lesley Duncan17 May 2020

Research Library Sport & Health

World Health Organization (WHO): Global recommendations on physical activity for health (2010)

This document provided by the World Health Organization (WHO) provides guidelines focusing on preventing non-communicable diseases (NCDs) through physical activity at population level. It argues…

Lesley Duncan17 May 2020

Research Library Sport & Health

Scottish Health Survey 2018 (amended Feb 2020)

The survey is commissioned by the Scottish Government Health Directorates and undertaken by ScotCen for Social Research and the Office of National Statistics. It provides…

Lesley Duncan17 May 2020

Comment COVID-19 OSS News

Lockdown and locked out but Scots swimmers find ways to keep going

LOCKDOWN may be locking Scots out of swimming pools and causing some real problems, but it shows little sign of limiting ambition among swimmers whose…

David Ferguson15 May 2020

Comment COVID-19 OSS News

Learning from the New Zealand system

GOLF returned to England on 13 May leaving many in Scotland hankering for sport activity on this side of the border watching on enviously. So, when…

David Ferguson14 May 2020

Community Sport Delivery OSS News Research Research Papers

Scottish sport encouraged to grasp opportunity to engage older people

Scotland is facing a boom in the ageing population over the next 30 years and new sport strategies targeting older people could hold the key…

David Ferguson12 May 2020

Comment COVID-19

Coronavirus, connection and (no) sport

A GLOBAL VIEW Australia Analysis by Brett Hutchins Why do we keep talking about sport in the media and online even though no games…

David Ferguson12 May 2020

Comment Community Sport Delivery Policy

The planning key to unlocking community health benefits – NPF4

Scotland is currently shaping a new National Planning Framework (NPF4) as it looks long-term to creating a country more fitted to the health of its…

David Ferguson11 May 2020

Community Sport Delivery COVID-19 Events OSS News Research Sport Participation

Judy Murray joins OSS webinar panel

OSS WEBINAR COVID-19 and Sport for Older People: Challenges & Opportunities Wednesday 13 May (1pm-2pm) SCOTLAND tennis champion and coach Judy Murray is showing…

David Ferguson5 May 2020

Comment COVID-19 OSS News

Sport, obesity and the coronavirus: a tale of two epidemics and two different responses

By Nicholas F Rowe (Chair of OSS Research Advisory Group) Published 28 April 2020 It was the best of times, it was the worst…

David Ferguson28 April 2020

Associations of specific types of sports and exercise with all-cause and cardiovascular-disease mortality

World Health Organization (WHO): Global recommendations on physical activity for health (2010)

Scottish Health Survey 2018 (amended Feb 2020)

Lockdown and locked out but Scots swimmers find ways to keep going

Learning from the New Zealand system

Scottish sport encouraged to grasp opportunity to engage older people

Coronavirus, connection and (no) sport

The planning key to unlocking community health benefits – NPF4

Judy Murray joins OSS webinar panel

Sport, obesity and the coronavirus: a tale of two epidemics and two different responses

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