Larging it
Matt Seaton: Given the looming obesity crisis, 'fat liberationism' could be the thin end of a very large wedge.
‘Fit towns’ plan to tackle child obesity
· Proposals for 10 healthy eco cities· Weight a key factor in cancer: study
Keep slim or risk cancer, landmark study warns
Research says the overweight, heavy drinkers, and people eating processed meat face a much greater risk of getting cancer.
Study finds strong obesity cancer link
Research claims the overweight, heavy drinkers and those eating processed meats face greater risk of cancer.
Why I am dreaming of free lunches
Mariella Frostrup: Children aren't obese just for the heck of it, but because many low-income families survive on a diet that went out of fashion in the late Seventies.
Government plans child weight warnings for parents
Official warnings could be sent to the parents of obese children as young as five, in a sign of the increasing government concern about the obesity crisis.
A sizeable problem
The Foresight report has produced a remarkable change of gear in the debate on obesity. The issue can no longer be ignored.
Trusts raided public health cash in panic over funding
NHS trusts across England syphoned off almost £100m from government funds intended to combat obesity, alcohol abuse and sexually transmitted infections as a panic measure to escape financial crisis, public health chiefs revealed yesterday.