Pupils under seven to get free fruit

All children under seven will get free fruit every day at school in a £77m programme announced yesterday at the beginning of the government drive to improve public health and tackle obesity.

Obesity: rising fears of cancer time bomb

Prostate, womb, kidney, breast, bowel, pancreas ... increases in killer diseases linked to being overweight point to accelerating crisis.

Schools will teach benefits of slim eating

Cookery clubs and tuck shops enrolled in battle against obesity.

£2m drive for healthier tuck

School tuck shops and vending machines are to be stripped of junk food under a £2 million drive to tackle child obesity fuelled by unhealthy snacking.

Teenagers facing a health time bomb

A life of drugs, booze, junk food and sexual promiscuity is leading adolescents towards record obesity and infertility, warn doctors.