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

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

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

A small study suggests the grape extract resveratrol has similar metabolic effects to exercise and calorie restriction

Health secretary sets out 'national ambition' to cut 5bn calories a day from Britons' daily diet

Jamie Oliver: The government's obesity strategy is worthless, patronising rubbish. Eight-year-olds would come up with better ideas

Breakthroughs in our understanding of digestion suggest it will soon be possible to suppress the appetite

Overweight people referred by doctors to commercial organisation lost twice as much fat as others

Felicity Lawrence: Calorie labelling is good PR for McDonald's – but industry-led 'nudges' such as this won't make a dent in the obesity epidemic