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HEALTH BEHAVIOUR IN SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN:<br />

WHO COLLABORATIVE CROSS-<strong>NATIONAL</strong> STUDY (HBSC)<br />

2014 SURVEY IN SCOTLAND <strong>NATIONAL</strong> REPORT<br />

HEALTH BEHAVIOUR IN SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN:<br />

WHO COLLABORATIVE CROSS-<strong>NATIONAL</strong> STUDY (HBSC)<br />

2014 SURVEY IN SCOTLAND <strong>NATIONAL</strong> REPORT<br />

• Girls in Scotland are twice as likely as boys to be actively trying to<br />

lose weight (22% of girls versus 10% of boys)<br />

• Among girls, weight control behaviour increases with age, such that<br />

almost one third (31%) of 15-year old girls are trying to lose weight<br />

• There has been little change since 2002 in the proportion of boys<br />

and girls trying to lose weight<br />

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WEIGHT CONTROL BEHAVIOUR<br />

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