Scottish Health Survey Results on Physical Activity Levels

That the Parliament notes the latest Scottish Health Survey results, in which the level of physical activity for children aged two to 15 is reported as remaining significantly below the level in 2009 and the average levels from 1998 to 2007; notes also the high levels of obesity and children being overweight referred to in the latest report of the Chief Medical Officer; believes that obesity presents one of the greatest challenges to future health and life expectancy; notes that the Scottish Government has commitment £3 million to address some of the issues in teenage girls; notes that obesity and being overweight is part of the socioeconomic aspect of health inequalities, and believes that a far more focussed and concerted effort is required to increase physical activity and make sports play a far greater role in the curriculum if the next generation of Scottish adults are to have healthy lives and a continued increase in life expectancy.