And they didn't include haggis!

Looking at five health-threatening behaviours -- smoking, heavy drinking, lack of exercise, poor diet, obesity -- researchers found that twice as many Scottish men and women face a triple threat or worse than in any continental European country in which a similar study has been done.

Only in England and the United States are levels of risk even remotely close.

"Scottish people are living dangerously," said David Conway, a professor at the University of Glasgow and the main architect of the study.