Healthier meals on the way for school canteens

Fat, salt and sugar levels to be cut in battle against child obesity.

Forget ‘hour glass’ women and sleek men – flab is making us tube shaped

Scientists used scanners to measure 11,000 people and found obesity is changing the contours of the nation.

Trial paves way for obesity wonder pill

Wonder pill may tackle obesity epidemic.

Sugar warning on fizzy drinks

Scientists in the United States today implicated cans and bottles of sugar-sweetened colas, lemonade and fruit drinks as a major cause of obesity and linked them to a rise in diabetes.

Weight management

Preventing obesity is fine. But the NHS should not exclude those already overweight, says Ian Campbell.