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 ...

“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 ...

Efecan Kultur racked up millions of views across his social media accounts but was left bedridden for months due to his ...

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

Coun Hannah Bithell, Leeds City Council’s Obesity Champion, once weighed 23 stone, impacting her daily life and health.

Experts have suggested that the number of obese children and adults in the UK will rise substantially by 2050, with kids aged ...

Body mass index (BMI) was almost three times more likely to classify children as overweight than waist circumference-to-height ratio, according to a new study.

The gene the researchers identified interferes with a brain signalling pathway that helps regulate our appetite Dogs that are ...