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Neville Rigby: Stigmatising the overweight is on the rise, but calling obese people 'fatty' in the street is true ignorance at work

Child obesity: Council to ban takeaways near schools

Council plans to ban new takeaways opening within 400 metres of schools, youth centres and parks

Olympic 2012 chief insists Cadbury is appropriate sponsor

London 2012 chief Paul Deighton today defended the event's £20m-plus sponsorship deal with Cadbury, as the confectionery maker pledged to market its Olympic association to kids responsibly. By Mark Sweney

Obesity pushes diabetes cases up to 2.5 million

Charity blames weight crisis for record number of diabetes diagnoses

England’s obesity hotspots revealed

Almost a third of all adults in the West Midlands are obese, London and the north-east are worst for child obesity, Department of Health figures show

Call to ban use of cartoons to sell unhealthy food to children

Snap, Crackle and Pop, Tony the Tiger, and Moo the Dairylea cow have been recast as cartoon villains in the fight against childhood obesity. By Matthew Weaver

Scientists call for huge increase in gastric bypass surgery to tackle obesity crisis

Prejudice from some doctors is preventing many morbidly obese patients from receiving life-saving surgery

Competitive sport puts pupils off exercise, study says

Schools should cut down on competitive sport because it is undermining the government's drive to tackle obesity, researchers have warned

What madness makes Tories think that fat is a political issue?

Catherine Bennett: Even as they preach against the evils of obesity, some Conservatives are not exactly setting a good example

A more effective way of combating child obesity

Health inequalities are inextricably tied up with obesity in children - which is why the WHO's report is so important, says Anna Bawden