Children need fat in food, say experts

Parents should include some fat in the diets of their children despite concerns about obesity, experts say.

Walk this way

Adrian Davis: Car exclusion zones around schools are one solution, but all car users need to start walking more to tackle climate change and obesity.

Call to ban cars nears schools to tackle obesity

Car exclusion zones should be set up around schools to help tackle obesity and climate change, a new report suggests.

Friends make you fat

Amid much new research about the overweight west, one study suggests that relationships and morality have major role to play.

Hormone linked to obesity and asthma

· Study suggests common process in combined cases · Rise in weight problems and respiratory condition

Obesity linked to Alzheimer’s as epidemic looms

· Healthier lifestyles offer protection from dementia · Overweight children lead to fears of rise in disease