Let’s dance? We will if Arlene Phillips has her way

When the choreographer was made the government's new 'dance tsar' this week, people scoffed – but not all

Calories in iced coffees increase risk of cancer, experts find

Drinks such as frappuccinos found by World Cancer Research Fund to have as many calories as an evening meal

Games tsar to ensure legacy of London 2012 Olympics

Ministers to look for high-profile figure to get more people participating in sport ahead of London 2012

Scientists warn consumption of processed meat linked to cancer

Reducing consumption of bacon and ham would stop 3,700 people a year from developing bowel cancer, says Research Fund

Family under the microscope

Television makes us fat and corrupts our expectations, says Oliver James

Love your fat child, don’t shame them

Marianne Kirby: If your child is fat, it's far more important to let them know they are loved than to encourage them to diet

All shapes and sizes

Lucy Aphramor: It is counterproductive to pour money and effort into making everyone slim – let's encourage an ethical approach to weight

This pill is a cheap, nasty way out of dealing with the real causes of obesity

Zoe Williams: It suits policymakers to offer the overweight a magic bullet: better than facing expensive stuff like economic hopelessness

Weighing up the costs of being obese

Obesity is becoming analogous to the smoking debate. So will future carbon taxes place a burden on the overweight, asks Leo Hickman

Carbon emissions fuelled by high rates of obesity

Overweight causing 1bn extra tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions every year, say experts