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This offers a scheme for assessing plans against theoretical concepts that explain the link between social factors and inequalities in health outcomes, and encourages consideration of the range of actions that might be taken.

This document was written to provide evidence to the 2013 Scottish Ministerial Task Force on Health Inequalities. It reviews the current policy and the evidence about what works to address health inequalities.

This briefing paper aims to provide an overview of the best available evidence on the impact of promotions on high fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) food and drink on consumer purchasing and consumption behaviour and the effectiveness of promotional interventions to influence consumer behaviour in a retail environment.

This report looks at the current evidence of actions that schools can take to reduce childhood overweight and obesity in Scotland.

A Public Health Scotland and Food Standards Scotland briefing paper that explores the promotion of foods high in fat, sugar or salt and describes the impact of these promotions on our health.

This is the 12th in our series of inequality briefings. It focuses on how food poverty affects health and health inequalities.

How cooking skills courses in Scotland support people who are experiencing food insecurity.

Counsel representing Public Health Scotland (PHS) made this closing statement on Module 2A of the ongoing UK COVID-19 Public Inquiry on 7 March 2024. The public hearing for this Module, which looked specifically at decision-making in Scotland, took place in January 2024.