MPs deliver ultimatum to food industry
The food and advertising industries were put on three years' notice last night to change their pricing and promotion policies to help tackle the obesity epidemic. By James Mekle.
Spreading out of control
Leader: Once again the impressive Commons select committee on health has sounded a wake-up call with a devastating report on obesity.
Like the dinosaurs, they are doomed
John Krebs: If our food and the way it's sold do not change, public pressure for more regulation of the industry will grow.
Revealed: how food firms target children
Methods used by the food industry to target children have been uncovered by the Guardian on the day MPs publish a damning account of the government's 'woefully inadequate' response to obesity. By Felicity Lawrence.
The world prepares to tackle obesity
The first global plan to combat the growing threat of obesity was finally agreed yesterday, despite intensive pressure from the sugar lobby to weaken the proposals. By Jo Revill and Gaby Hinsliff.
NHS food firm suspends staff after Channel 4 expose
12.15pm: Staff have been suspended at a NHS hospital food manufacturer after a Channel 4 documentary exposed alleged breakdowns in hygiene practices. By Dominic Timms.
Junk the food ads
Nick Cohen: If the Government wants to tackle obesity, it must dam the flow of propaganda aimed at young children.
‘Going to the loo was like climbing Everest’
David Puttnam was struck hard by ME in 1988. He tells Sarah Boseley how it changed his life.