Soon enough, he starts to get a feel for the role, as the map of Scottish crags and glens roll down the screen behind him.

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Stamatakis and his colleagues followed more than 4, 500 Scottish people age 35 or older whose screen time and other health behaviors were recorded in a survey.

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For example, in Scottish hospitals it is now becoming mandatory to screen patients for malnutrition, he said.

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Scottish singer Susan Boyle is to make her big screen debut this Christmas.

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The Scottish Prison Service is ordering hundreds of flat-screen televisions for inmates in order to meet energy efficiency targets, it has emerged.

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Sir Alan Parker, recipient of Sunday's Bafta Fellowship, had barely sat down before the Scottish Government had sent out an email with the heading "Bafta Success For Scotland On Screen".

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