Which really is more deadly: cycling or sitting down watching TV?
Peter Walker: New scientific guidance about the 'invisible danger' of inactivity puts cycle safety in perspective
Ditch the car to walk or cycle short journeys ‘for healthier Britain’
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence says 'invisible burden' of inactivity and obesity as harmful as smoking
Obese children ‘more likely to have heart attack or stroke in adulthood’
Researchers say children with high BMI may already have up to 40% higher chance of disease due to range of risk factors
Call for ban on TV junk food ads before 9pm watershed
Overhaul regulation to tackle soaring rates of obesity among children and young people, doctors say
Is pink milk the new pink slime?
Anna M Clark: It's good for children to drink milk, but no wonder we have an obesity problem if there's this much sugar in every serving
Why our food is making us fat
We are, on average, 3st heavier than we were in the 60s. And not because we're eating more or exercising less – we just unwittingly became sugar addicts
Georgia Davis: ‘What kind of support was she getting?’
Georgia Davis, Britain's largest teenager, had to be cut free from her home in order to receive a life-saving operation. But how was she allowed to reach such a point?
Musical therapy
A song-and-dance show about obesity and mental illness? Epidemic could pull in big audiences – and improve their health
Banned junk food on sale in nine out of 10 academies, research finds
School Food Trust study contradicts Michael Gove's claim that academies would champion government's nutritional standards
Fat is a prejudice issue
Susie Orbach: It's no surprise fat people are discriminated against at work. We assign fat people the contempt we feel for our own desires