Schoolchildren too big to squeeze into chairs

Schools need to upgrade their furniture because children have outgrown 1960s tables and chairs, say experts

Pupils earn just reward for healthy eating

Scottish council to encourage charity projects through organic and locally sourced school dinners

30,000 sent to slimming clubs by NHS

GPs open new front in obesity battle by referring their overweight patients to private clubs

Screening plan to tackle male menopause

The so-called 'andropause' has also been linked to diabetes and obesity

Obesity drug withdrawn over depression link

Sales and prescriptions of Acomplia suspended because 'benefits no longer outweigh risks'

Fathead fun

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