Olympic champion Katherine Grainger and former Scotland manager Craig Brown were among the high profile sporting personalities in Glasgow to discuss ways to inspire people to lead more healthy lives.

More than 400 doctors, surgeons and dentists attended a major conference in Glasgow, where they will get the chance to hear first hand from the sporting leaders.

The event, organised by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, aimed to build a healthy legacy for Glasgow with cookery demos and an exercise challenge as well as doctors and patients running in the Clinicians on the Clyde 5k.

President of the College, Dr Frank Dunn CBE, said: "The Commonwealth Games offers a once in a generation opportunity to unite the city of Glasgow in delivering a first class event and showcasing our city on the world stage.

"It is also a unique opportunity to shed the sick man image that people associate with our city. We believe Glasgow can lead the world in healthy living and we are committed to doing what we can to achieve this.

"This conference brings together experts from across the worlds of medicine and sport to look at many aspects of sport in medicine and surgery. Exercise is critically important for health, both for protection and recovery from illness - not exercising has a similar impact on life expectancy as smoking 10 cigarettes a day.

"We expect members of the medical profession attending this event to take away a strong message on the benefits of exercise and how to inspire their patients to lead healthy lives."

Subjects discussed included international distance running champion Dr Andrew Murray talking about whether exercise is the cure for all illness, and how to get from needing weight loss surgery to being fit and healthy.

Lay adviser Stephen Morrison and champion for Fit in 14, who featured in our Active 2014 campaign when it launched earlier this year,attended the conference to hear the latest advancements on exercise medicine, physical activity and obesity.