'Grow your own' strategy unveiled
Plans to boost food production in Britain and reduce its impact on the environment have been unveiled.
Fears over child fitness levels
Sedentary lifestyles are making children less fit - even among those who are not obese, a study suggests.
Apple-shaped women's asthma risk
A study suggests apple-shaped women with a waist bigger than 88cm have a higher risk of developing asthma - even if they have a normal body weight.
Obesity 'spreads among the young'
Teenagers who have overweight friends tend to develop a weight problem themselves, mounting evidence suggests.
Obesity danger 'rivals smoking'
Severe obesity is as hazardous to health as a lifetime of smoking, shortening life by a decade on average, experts warn.
Obesity 'controlled by the brain'
Seven new gene variants discovered by scientists suggest strongly that obesity is largely a problem in the brain.
UK is warned over obesity levels
One in three adults in the UK will be obese by the time London hosts the Olympic Games.
'Love handles' risk early death
Carrying extra fat around your middle increases your risk of early death, even if your overall weight is normal, say researchers.
Map highlights 'obesity hotspots'
Shetland and parts of Wales and north England are Britain's obesity hotspots, according to a map compiled from GP records.
Obesity 'hikes' pancreatic risk
Obese women with most of their excess weight on the stomach, are more likely to get pancreatic cancer, research suggests.
Call for health inequalities push
Ministers urge local authorities to target problem areas after producing a detailed breakdown of public health measures.
Stillbirth rate not coming down
Stillbirth rates in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are not decreasing, according to a report.
Large waist 'an Alzheimer's risk'
A big waistline in your 40s could almost triple the threat of dementia in old age, according to new research.
The truth about obesity
Britons are getting bigger and it's a crisis on the same level as climate change, says the government. Within 15 years most of us will be overweight, with our life expectancy cut by 13 years. Scary stuff, but do all the facts about this "ticking time bomb" really add up?
'Get tough' call on public health
Ministers should shrug off nanny state accusations and introduce tougher public health measures, experts say.
Tories launch public health plans
A Conservative government would give local public health bosses their own budget to tackle issues such as obesity and alcohol abuse.
Fat toddlers 'risk early puberty'
Girls who are overweight as toddlers risk reaching puberty as early as nine years old, a study suggests.
Healthy objectives for new assembly
The chief executive of NI Chest, Heart and Stroke, Andrew Dougal, outlines the health measures he would like to see prioritised in a new assembly.
Too heavy to adopt?
A Readers' Column rejects the use of weight as a factor in whether a family should be able to adopt.
'No time for a cream cake'
England is doing well on public health measures - but massive inequalities still exist.