http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/10283469.stm
Similar figures for the english too.
Using the cirteria in the report I would appear to be one of the few healthy people in the country.
posting too much on the internet is bad for your health
Poor Diet, rubbish exercise, smoking and too much alcohol - well 3 out of 4 isnae bad!
Aim high fellow Scots!
Certainly 2 of the 5 here (BMI>25 and I drink more than a thimble of beer a month). Probably 3 as "poor diet" will mean a bit of red meat, butter, cheese and semi skimmed milk instead of mung beans, skimmed milk and bran flakes.
But I can ride 100 miles in under 6 hours and have a resting heart rate in the 40s so ****'em, I say.
Quick check for me:
cigarette smoking: NO
poor diet: NO (mostly good)
physical inactivity: NO (apart from the last month...)
overweight: NO (not with a BMI of 21...)
Pretty good, all in all!
Oh, wait - there's another one
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heavy alcohol consumption: aw shite.
[DailyMash} 2.5% of Scots lead long, miserable, preachy lives [/DailyMash]
Aw bugger it, something has to kill you, eventualy breathing will,
PJ,
now where did I put my Stornoway black pudding?
its great for us though
lots of funding for all those trail centres (from the eu too iirc)
What a stupid survey... Having one of those risk factors doesn't automatically make you unhealthy.
What a pile of pish...
Im 14 stone and 5' 9" or 10" on a good day. Stocky build and drink well over my recommended 28 units a week. On a week off Ill cycle 60 - 80 miles singletrack and walk my dog at least 10 - 20 miles a week. I dont smoke and ceased being a space cadet 10 years ago but according to the scottish executive ,Im probably one off the 97 % unhealthy.
I really wish I could get one of these jobs doing pointless surveys for decent salaries. My final rant is do other euro countries pay good money to produce pointless surveys as when Ive been in Spain, France or Italy every second guy / girl is puffing on fags or having a cheeky cerveza.
Our country sucks....
[i]Im probably one off the 97 % unhealthy.[/i] At 14stone and 5'9 then you probably are.
I'm the same height and 11 stone, don't smoke, drink alcohol in moderation, have an okay diet, gets lots of exercise - 30 walk most days and ride around 150 miles a week through the year - and I'm Scottish.
But looking around the people in my office most are carrying a bit of a belly - even the young women.
Och awa in bile yer heid wee a' they do goodie good survays.
Aw they blidy doacturs ken F all onywy.
Whars ma can o' speshul 'n wallaces peh 😉