Jonah Lomu is fat
... according to the official method of measuring obesity, the body mass index. There must be a better way, says Michael Hann.
Childhood obesity at ‘epidemic’ levels
The growing number of obese children is likely to have a serious implication for the general health and psychological welfare of the population, a leading health expert warned today.
Misery of fat children obsessed by junk food
A new study shows that thousands of inactive and obese children are at risk of disease.
Meals make us human
Felipe Fernandez-Armesto: Never mind obesity, it's the loneliness of the fast food eater that matters.
Fat chance
A new report says childhood obesity means parents may soon outlive their overweight kids. Kate Hilpern looks for a way out.
Obesity ‘increases risk of cancer’
The sedentary, screenwatching, fast food eating culture of our times, which leads to excess weight gain, is putting people at risk of cancer, according to a leading medical journal.
‘It’s fat, fat and more fat’
Sharon Krum on the 19-stone American man who is taking four fast-food chains to court for making him obese.
Obesity linked to TVs in toddlers’ bedrooms
The first research into TV and pre-school obesity blames the growing practice of giving toddlers their own bedroom TVs.