China: nutrition guiding light or ticking time bomb?

Lawrence Haddad: The world’s second largest economy is leading the world in reducing malnutrition, but its overweight children threaten to impact economic growth

Mexico’s latest way to beat the obesity epidemic: make commuters do squats for free subway tickets

Kate Carter: The country is one of the world’s fattest nations, but can making people do 10 squats in exchange for a metro ride be anything more than a gimmick?

Eating for two ‘increases risk of obesity in babies’

Overweight mothers can affect child’s weight and health from very early age, warns new report

How to avoid more gastric surgery? Five ways we can change our health culture

Sarah Boseley: Prevention is key to limiting the impact of widespread obesity on the NHS, which is why we need a wholesale change in attitude

Food for thought: new FDA rules will put calorie counts on menus

Restaurants, supermarkets, convenience stores and vending machines must have tallies displayed ‘clearly and conspicuously’ by November 2015

In man v food, there can be no winner

The Hungry Horse’s doughnut burger is just the latest addition to a calorific trend of over-consumption and waste

Night shift work linked to obesity in new sleep study

Research finds employees who sleep during day burn fewer calories than when sleeping at night

Obese Britons don’t think they have a weight problem, report finds

Number of those accepting that they are very overweight has dropped, raising fears that key health messages will be ignored

London Olympics borough is the most physically inactive in England

Nearly 40% of people in Newham take no exercise at all, suggesting Games failed to inspire people to take part in sport

Some children’s juice drinks have more sugar than Coke

Campaign group says 57 out of 203 supermarket drinks tested had as much sugar as Coca-Cola or more