Fortunes are being blown on injectable hopes of a slimmer future but a simpler and cheaper alternative could actually be in ...

But married men were 3.2 times more likely to be classed as technically obese than their unmarried counterparts, according to ...

The rise is blamed on soaring obesity rates in children, and in poorer nations in Asia and Africa. In the UK, the total will rocket to 49million from 38.4million in 2021, sparking fears of ...

Rates of obesity and overweight are spiralling due to a "monumental societal failure" to tackle the problem, with more than ...

“By identifying individuals in a preclinical obesity phase, where they are not yet classified as obese but are showing signs of metabolic dysregulation, there is an opportunity for earlier ...

Ultramarathon runner Russ Cook, who ran the length of Africa last year, has suggested daily 5km runs as a solution to Britain ...

New research has found that large weight changes—both weight gain and weight loss—can significantly increase the risk of ...

Very few people are currently being prescribed drugs for weight loss on the NHS in Scotland, research by BBC Scotland News ...

We know the theory that when you're happily loved-up in a relationship you may see the odd bit of weight gain after swapping ...

The data for the UK has been analysed by the PA news agency. It shows that for children aged five to 14, obesity will rise from 12% of girls in 2021 to 18.4% in 2050 (a 53% rise), and from 9.9% to ...

Looking back to when I was in short trousers, there wasn’t a playing field that was not occupied by children playing. The ...