M&C Saatchi wins obesity campaign
M&C Saatchi has won the creative pitch for the Department of Health's £75m three-year anti-obesity advertising account. By Mark Sweney
Fat chance
Raj Patel: Modern capitalism's powerful spell means we cannot accept research into world food policy without turning it into an attack on the overweight
The fat freakshow
Brendan O'Neill: Half-titillating, half-horrifying documentaries about obese Americans are designed to make British TV viewers feel morally superior
Gene sequence puts half of UK population at greater risk of obesity, researchers say
Scientists have discovered a genetic code that may help curb obesity, diabetes and heart disease
Researchers link growth spurt in early childhood to obesity
Scientists find link between rapid growth as a baby and the long-term rise in a person's metabolism
Weight limit protects beach donkeys from overweight children
Guidelines introduced to protect traditional seaside donkeys from buckling under weight of obese youngsters
Doctor, doctor
Dr Tom Smith on diabetes and scabies
Girth control
Can we avoid sleepwalking into obesity without the aid of a weight-watching nanny state? Fat chance
Being obese made me feel like a social outcast
Experience: The mockery and dismissals didn't help with my dieting. They fed an ever-growing obsession with food
Obese man calls fire brigade to move him on bed
Case of a Scottish man who called out firefighters four times in one week leads to calls for rethink on dealing with obese people