Fat, yes. Ashamed, no Kate Harding: While obese is a medical term, fat is the language of the bully. It's not a word doctors should use
We should be responsible for our health The health secretary wants us all to contribute to reducing demand on the NHS - and he's right, says Denis Campbell
Leading doctors call for urgent crackdown on junk food Presidents of two royal colleges of medicine urge government to restrict advertising and sponsorship by makers of unhealthy foods and introduce diet health warnings
Nanny does know best, Andrew Lansley Felicity Lawrence: The health secretary's belief that children should be responsible for their own diet choices would be risible were it not so scary
Even people with advanced Alzheimer’s are never ‘all gone’ Response: Dementia does not destroy all chance of meaningful communication, say Helena Roth and Janet Thomson
Libel laws: a lethal muzzle of medicine Ben Goldacre: The chiropractors' absurd pursuit of Simon Singh is over, but libel laws are still a real health hazard
Dismay greets loss of sex education reform Teachers welcome the disappearance of a teaching licence and a 'report-card' rating system for schools
Patients not productivity matter in NHS Anuradha Arasu: The NHS is not a business and measuring it according to 'productivity' ignores what is really being achieved
Pass notes No 2,753: Happiness The Movement for Happiness is recruiting a director. Are you perky enough?