Weight measures
Everyone wants to teach families how to avoid obesity ... but who picks out which children need help? Jackie Kemp reports
Get moving
Leeds' childhood obesity project is trying some unusual steps to improve child health, finds Heather Welford
Warning to patients with type 2 diabetes
People with obesity-related diabetes risk serious health problems because they do not take their medicines
Battle of the bulge targets drink labels
Alcoholic drinks should display the number of calories contained in them to help tackle the growing obesity crisis, say council leaders
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