The number of fast-foot outlets you pass on your way in and out of work each day could be impacting your waistline, according to a new study.
The parents of an 11-year-old boy in Norfolk have been arrested on suspicion of child neglect and cruelty after they allowed his weight to balloon up to 15 stone (95kg).
The former world’s heaviest man, who once weighed 560kg, has died at the age of 48.
The world faces a surge of cancer unless countries begin to focus on the dangers of smoking, alcohol, and obesity according to a new report from the World Health Organisation.
Social workers have taken a five-year-old girl weighing more than 10 stone into care.