Put calorie labels on beer, wine and spirits, say public health experts

Alcoholic drinks are fuelling obesity epidemic and most have no idea how many calories their drinks contain

Japan’s pocchari trend celebrates ‘chubby’ women

Japan is a country where thinness is the norm. So can a trend embracing ‘chubbiness’ help young women reject fat-shaming stereotypes? By Abigail Haworth

Studies saying fat is not that bad are misleading, scientists say

Researchers insist saturated and unsaturated fats are unhealthy – and snacking in between meals is to blame for obesity

Could you give up TV for one day a week? Which one?

Stuart Jeffries: Health experts advise that giving up television one day out of every seven would be beneficial to our waistlines. But which day should you choose?

Is sitting down bad for my health?

Luisa Dillner: In short, yes. The more time you spend sitting down, the greater the chances of dying from heart disease or cancer, having a stroke or becoming diabetic. Even doctors now advocate standing up during consultations

Do you know what too fat looks like?

A study suggests that African American women in the US have a different picture of what unhealthy weight looks like than medical experts, prompting suggestions that pictures should be more widely used with health messages to counter the new normality of excess weight