Chamber and committees

Since 2008 the Scottish Government has directly funded NHS boards to deliver child healthy weight interventions. Three classes of intervention have been run – one to one, family group and school based supported by an annual £2 million funding. This work goes together with a number of other initiatives whose actions indirectly support children of all ages reach and maintain a healthy weight for example supporting the actions outlined in Improving Maternal and Infant Nutrition: A Framework for Action with an annual funding of £2.5 million. A commitment of £11.6 million over 2012-16 to get children more active through two hours of physical education a week in primary schools and two periods a week for secondary school children, to more specific support of an annual £500,000 to increase the number of teenage girls participating in physical education through the Active Girls programme. In addition since 2007 sportscotland has invested over £80 million in the Active Schools Programme, support for Active Schools was reinforced on 3 July 2014 when sportscotland announced that it will invest up to £50 million over 2015-19 across all 32 of Scotland’s local authorities. Together with a number of measures to improve diet for which we are spending over £7.5 million between 2012 and 2015 on a range of projects to encourage healthy eating including the Healthier Scotland Cooking Bus as well as the Eat Better Feel Better campaign to provide advice to individuals and families on how to access and eat a healthier diet.