Obesity may harm immune system
Obesity can weaken the body's immune system and reduce its ability to fight off infections, according to scientists
Obesity is an increasing risk in childbirth, report warns
Obesity is a growing risk factor in the deaths of women during pregnancy or childbirth, according to a report published today
Let me share the secret of the world’s best diet with you
Will Hutton: Our entire economic and social system will have to shift if obesity is ever to be checked
Working mothers linked to obese teens
Children whose mothers work full-time while they are in the first few years of primary school are more likely to be obese when they reach 16 than those whose mothers stay home, says new research
Fat for purpose
Abby O'Reilly: Even though they're ridiculed and discriminated against, not all overweight people want to conform to the notion that thin is beautiful
To beat obesity, politicians must get serious about sport
Jackie Ashley: The government may not be able to stop us gorging on food, but they can give us more swimming pools to work it all off
How can my partner manage his diabetes?
Ever since he learned he had type 2 diabetes, my boyfriend has been exercising, monitoring his blood glucose levels and cutting back on sugar, fat and alcohol. What else can he do?
Obese women told to slim before fertility treatment
· New guidelines for clinics to help with weight loss · Problem linked with birth defects and miscarriage
New rules fail to stop children seeing adverts for unhealthy food on TV
Children are still being bombarded with television advertisements for junk food, in spite of new rules aimed at tackling the UK's obesity epidemic
Sleepless nights linked to obesity in children
Scientists have found that getting a good night's sleep reduces a child's chances of being obese.