Mindfulness or cake? The battle against stress and comfort-eating

Amy Fleming: The sweet foods we crave to relieve stress have been shown to cause obesity, heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Short of a ban on sugar refinement, how can we break the habit?

End this sugar rush – it’s the only way to tackle the obesity crisis

Simon Capewell: Attempts to reduce sugar content in food and drinks have failed in the face of Big Food. Legislation is now necessary

Yes, I’m fat, but spare us the cruelty this summer

Phoebe-Jane Boyd: Staying cool in the summer is tough enough already for us, without having to put up with ridicule from strangers

The truth about obesity: 10 shocking things you need to know

Sarah Boseley: As a nation we are getting fatter to the point of crisis. But why? And what are the implications? For starters, it's hard to treat after the age of five and is bankrupting the NHS

Should all British schoolchildren get free milk?

Head to head: Anne Karpf and Agnès Poirier debate whether David Cameron should have reinstated the free school milk that Margaret Thatcher took away

Calls for food taxes as population at risk of diabetes triples

Scientists and campaigners say it is time for government action to curb junk food to prevent type 2 diabetes timebomb crippling the NHS

The cost of losing weight

NICE's recommendation that every obese or overweight person should be eligible for a slimming club was slated as too expensive - but how much would the NHS save if it worked?

Junk food, diets and the f-word: it’s time to talk

Sugar is evil, but until recently people said the same of all kinds of fat. Calories and BMI (body mass index) have fallen under suspicion as flawed measurements. Few of us do enough exercise or consume our five portion of fruit and vegetables every day. We don't always eat because we're hungry, but to satisfy other needs – and because we cave in to the sometimes subtle and sometimes strident temptations all around us

Westminster won’t tackle Big Food and Drink – but maybe local councils will

The Local Government Association, now responsible for public health, has put a shot across the bows of the giant food and drink companies, calling for more to sign up to traffic light labelling

What we eat – in pictures

Photographers Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio have produced a gallery of pictures of people from different countries, showing what - and how much - they eat in a day

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