I misdiagnosed Prezza
Michael White: I thought the ex-deputy PM was dyslexic. But it turns out his biggest problem was with food, not words
In sickness and in power
Should politicians be candid with the public about their health problems?
Q&A
Boris Johnson, Conservative candidate for the London mayoral election
60,000 doctors to be trained to spot patients’ alcohol problems
Identification and treatment of alcohol misuse to be part of the compulsory curriculum for undergraduate doctors
Anger over peer’s ‘sex and booze’ nurses slur
A Tory peer who branded nurses 'grubby, drunken and promiscuous' during a Lords debate faces a backlash
The war on obesity must be won round the cabinet table
Marina Hyde: Instead of parading overweight teenagers on TV, ministers should own up to, and work on, their own hideous habits
Counting cost of calories
Michael White: Any MPs who still doubt the prevalence of obesity in Britain's over-fed, couch-potato society could have had their body mass index (BMI) checked yesterday at Cancer Research UK's stall, handily located between the Commons coffee shop and restaurant
Overweight people could be offered cash to lose pounds
· Government health idea follows US study· Children are main focus of ministers' obesity strategy
Food labels simplified in anti-obesity fight
A promise to introduce a single, simple food labelling scheme this year, ending the contradictory and confusing systems, will form the centrepiece of the government's anti-obesity drive today.
Plan to curb fast-food outlets near schools
Ministers will move this week to curb the spread of fast-food outlets near schools when they unveil an action plan intended to halt Britain's spiralling levels of obesity