‘No food should be taboo’: how to tackle your child’s weight – without giving them a complex

A third of children are overweight or obese by the time they leave primary school. Here’s how parents can help them forge good habits and avoid creating lifelong insecurities

Insults, projectiles, well-intentioned fat-shaming: the perils of being a plus-size runner

It is hard enough to exercise when you are overweight, so why do people feel the need to add their judgment to the workload?

Breastfeeding reduces child obesity risk by up to 25%, WHO finds

Organisation says marketing claims formula is as good for babies as breast milk are misleading

The best thing you can do for your health: sleep well

‘A consistent seven to nine-hour sleep each night is the single most effective thing we can do to reset our brain and body health’

If you want children to eat vegetables, don’t tell them they’re evil

The TV ad campaign that casts veggies as villains may be fun, but there are better ways to encourage kids to eat healthily

Is jam coming to a sticky end?

Health worries are damaging the sales of sugary spreads, but this doesn’t have to be the end of the preserve

Giles Yeo: ‘Love your food but don’t eat quite as much of it as you want’

The obesity expert and author of Gene Eating on fad diets, the magic of miso and why he can’t say no to pork scratchings

Removing sweets from checkouts could help tackle obesity – study

Positioning of snacks near supermarket tills increases their sales, research shows

Junk food cravings linked to lack of sleep, study suggests

Researchers say tired people are likely to view unhealthy snacks more favourably