In the beginning


Holyrood introduces our new arrival, a baby born into one of Scotland’s most deprived communities By Tom Freeman


Kirsty is one of 210,000


of Scotland’s children who live in poverty


Te chances are 39%


Kirsty will have a poor diet by age 5


Te chances are Kirsty is 2x


more likely to be obese by primary one than a child from an affluent area


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she will have less than good health in the first 4 years of her life


She is expected to live 8.5 yrs


less than those born into affluent areas


Te chances are 49%


that Kirsty’s mother smoked during pregnancy


Data sources: Growing up in Scotland, NHS Scotland, the Scottish Government, Edinburgh Study of Youth Transitions and Crime


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