Radical moves to tackle obesity crisis
Advertising ban may be widened and supermarkets and GPs enlisted.
The fitness babysitters
Diane Taylor: Parents are hiring personal trainers to get their children into shape. A crazy idea? Or a welcome way to beat the obesity epidemic? Diane Taylor reports.
Exercise to beat diabetes
Your questions answered by fitness expert Joanna Hall.
‘I like to be big’
If there is a 'face of child obesity', it is six-year-old, 15-stone Dzhambulat Khatokhov. Sheer size has made this boy from a poor Russian family a hero in his home town and an object of fascination in the west. Nick Paton Walsh tracks him down.
Greater use of cholesterol drug urged to fight heart disease
· Statins recommended for all older men and women
· One in three of Europe's obese children British
Splash the cash
Investment in open-air swimming pools would help battle obesity, says Janet Smith.
Childhood obesity cannot just be blamed on the box
Response: The link between advertising and children's food choices is a modest one, says Tim Suter.
Middle-aged Britons healthier than American counterparts, says study
· Higher US health spending fails to bridge gap with UK
· Disparities may be result of childhood obesity
Child obesity has doubled in a decade
Junk food and lack of exercise have created 'public health timebomb'.