Junk food ad ban attacked from both sides
Proposals to combat childhood obesity, including a ban on junk food ads around kids' TV, have been attacked for placing profits ahead of children's health. By Owen Gibson and Rebecca Smithers.
TV junk food ads escape crackdown
Campaigners say the failure to ban commercials before 9pm will harm the fight against obesity. By Denis Campbell and Gaby Hinsliff.
It shouldn’t have happened to me
Typically, elderly, overweight women get gallstones. So why did Will Hodgkinson, 35 and male, end up under the knife?
Anti-obesity pill aids weight loss
An anti-obesity pill that went on sale in Britain this year has been shown to help people lose weight in the first extensive survey of scientific trials of the drug.
Fears for the future as figures reveal Britons are fattest people in Europe
· Government to target overweight under-11s · Minister blames culture and lifestyle for problems
Britons most obese in Europe
Tony Blair today urged people to take more responsibility for their fitness and diet, as a new study revealed a continuing north-south divide in the nation’s health. But the prime minister accepted that economic deprivation was a key factor in … Continue reading
More exercise does nothing to stop obesity in youngsters, study finds
· Extra play and less TV are not enough, results show · Heart Foundation insists active childhood still vital
Overeating by obese people is like drug addiction, brain research finds
· Study offers new insight into weight problems· Compulsion to eat driven by emotion, say scientists