Ofcom: Junk food TV ads aimed at kids down a third

Junk food TV advertising targeting children has dropped by a third since stricter regulation aimed at tackling obesity was introduced, media regulator Ofcom has claimed. By<b> Mark Sweney</b>

Messages on healthy eating and alcohol moderation not getting through

Despite measures to tackle rising obesity, public lack understanding of lifestyle choices, survey finds

British Heart Foundation calls for government action on junk food

Whose responsibility is it to reverse the current trends in obesity?

Call to ban junk food ads during ‘family’ TV

Heart charity says firms tempt children who watch early-evening shows. By Caroline Davies

Measures fail to curb obesity in children

New data from national child measurement programme in schools shows no progress

ITV1 launches obesity campaign in winter-spring schedule

ITV1's schedule for early 2009 will include a landmark campaign to help fight obesity, in which celebrities and the public pledge to lose weight. By Leigh Holmwood

Has Jamie’s Ministry of Food worked in Rotherham?

Is Jamie Oliver hooked on sainthood or just an old-fashioned philanthropist? Rachel Cooke finds out

Obese women ‘more likely to miscarry’

New research supports advice that obese women should lose weight before trying to conceive

Waist, not just weight, shows risk of premature death, study says

Weight alone is not a good guide to health, and storing excess fat around the midriff can have impact on lifespan

The Whitehall fat police can do their worst. No one is going to get between me and my mini-rolls

Tanya Gold: So what can the government possibly do to stop people like me from getting fat?