This week in Parliament there has been a great deal going on around health and well-being, starting with a debate on obesity on Monday. There is no doubt that we have a growing obesity crisis in the ...

A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...

The Lancet Commission has declared obesity a disease. With enough controversy to fill a buffet table, their new definition is ...

Obesity can put strain on the heart, resulting in an increased risk of conditions such as atrial fibrillation, or irregular ...

A widely shared Facebook post combines misleading figures and calculations to suggest the UK’s contribution to climate change ...

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity and excess body fat that goes beyond BMI.

In England, obesity affects around 1 in 4 adults, and almost 1 in 4 children by the time they are 11, and many more people are living with overweight. Overweight and obesity can cause people ...

Rader B, et al. Changes in adult obesity trends in the US. JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(12):e243685. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.3685 ...

UK obesity rates may start dropping “significantly” this year because of weight loss jabs, according to one of the biggest online sellers of the medications. The country may have reached peak ...

Obesity levels in the UK may have peaked and could start dropping ‘significantly’ in 2025 due to weight loss jabs, according to one of the biggest online sellers of the medication. The ...

Also linked to health are new regulations from the Labour government, elected last year, which is keen to use legislation against products seen as unhealthy to help fight childhood obesity.