Britain faces weight crisis with one in three men likely to be obese by 2010

· Poor eating habits and sedentary lifestyle blamed · Minister calls for strategy for greater public fitness

Taking notes, minister?

How to improve the government's NHS reform plans while avoiding any hint of a U-turn was the challenge to readers set by John Carvel. Your suggestions should give the health secretary much food for thought.

Ministers approve £1.5bn hospital building proposal

· Initiative to be financed through private sector · Plan will be costly error warns public sector union

Deficits threaten 10 hospitals

Trusts seek to balance books with cutbacks or closures, while DoH announces six new facilities to be built through PFI

One-fifth of ambulance trusts mis-reported response times

A Department of Health audit found that six out of 31 trusts had failed to accurately record the actual response times to the most serious life-threatening emergency calls.

Thinktank claims extra NHS billions largely wasted

· Key targets met, but little improvement in services · DoH insists taxpayers are getting value for money

£40,000 shortfall threatens study of childhood obesity and diabetes

· Lack of funding from DoH may halt unique research · Financial blow 'gives lie to government rhetoric'

Norfolk MP apologises for ‘inbreeding’ comments

The Labour MP for Norwich North, Ian Gibson, issued an unreserved apology today to the long-suffering natives of Norfolk for suggesting their susceptibility to diabetes was because they were 'inbred'.