Killing them slowly
Mary Riddell: Government and industry must act to stop the gradual poisoning of our children
How fat became the big issue
'Tragedy of Britain's fat kids' cried the papers, but experts had warned that an obesity crisis was looming, reports Jo Revill.
Inequality is fattening
Polly Toynbee: People will get thinner only when they have things that are worth staying thin for - self-esteem, social status and jobs.
MPs deliver ultimatum to food industry
The food and advertising industries were put on three years' notice last night to change their pricing and promotion policies to help tackle the obesity epidemic. By James Mekle.
Safety executive accused of dropping routine cases
Routine investigations into deaths and injuries to the public have been quietly dropped by the Health and Safety Executive, according to an internal memo.
‘Children will die before their parents’
The warning from the Commons health select committee is stark. 'Should the gloomier scenarios relating to obesity turn out to be true, the sight of amputees will become much more familiar in the streets of Britain.'
Spreading out of control
Leader: Once again the impressive Commons select committee on health has sounded a wake-up call with a devastating report on obesity.
Like the dinosaurs, they are doomed
John Krebs: If our food and the way it's sold do not change, public pressure for more regulation of the industry will grow.
Revealed: how food firms target children
Methods used by the food industry to target children have been uncovered by the Guardian on the day MPs publish a damning account of the government's 'woefully inadequate' response to obesity. By Felicity Lawrence.