We can beat child obesity epidemic – but we must beat ‘Big Food’ first

Children are on the front line in Britain's war of the waistlines – and food corporations are winning. A heart specialist argues that government efforts to promote healthier eating will never work so long as the industry self-regulates

Disney cancels plan to open fitness park after obesity ‘bullying’ claims

Habit Heroes shuttered after cries it stigmatized overweight children with villains called Snacker and The Glutton

How the world fell in love with quick-fix weight loss

We eat too much, but don't want to diet. Instead, we're adopting increasingly radical measures to shed the pounds. Amanda Mitchison reports

Dr Dillner’s health dilemmas: what’s the best way to lose weight?

People on weight-loss programmes tend to lose the flab much more slowly than they expect to. Why?

Tax and regulate sugar like alcohol and tobacco, urge scientists

Sugar is as toxic to the liver as alcohol and is at the root of obesity and certain types of liver disease, claim US scientists

Obesity, battered sausage and me

For years, Hopi Sen consumed huge quantities of food – and got fat. Then one day, he stopped. So what changed?

UK women top of obesity league, and men are second – EU survey

Figures also reveal that more young people are obese in Britain than any other country in Europe

Obesity advisory group disbanded by government

Panel's members criticised health secretary's decision to tackle obesity through 'responsibility deals' with food and drinks firms

UK’s oesophageal cancer rate is worst in Europe

Cancer charity attributes Britain's poor global placing – equal with Rwanda – to high alcohol intake and growing obesity

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