Obesity ‘as big a cancer risk as smoking’

Obesity may soon be a factor in one in three deaths from cancer, making it a threat as big as smoking, the charity Cancer Research UK said yesterday.

NHS promotes walking over going to the gym

Thirty minutes of moderate exercise a day will cut adults' risk of heart disease, colon cancer, obesity, diabetes and osteoporosis, the NHS's public health advisers in England said.

Health’s servant

Ilona Kickbusch, architect of one of the first international public health strategies, tells Alison Benjamin why the government's approach to fighting obesity will not work.

Jowell rejects legislation to combat obesity

Tessa Jowell said yesterday that she was optimistic that Britain's obesity epidemic could be fought without government legislation.

Can you stop yourself sweating?

You can start by avoiding the following things: hot spotlights, the stress of public speaking, being overweight and drinking alcohol.