High BMI 5 years before diagnosis was associated with increased risk of all-cause and breast cancer–specific mortality among white women, but not among black women. Another possible explanation for ...

England is lumbering towards an epidemic of obesity. One in five people is classified as obese, a proportion which has tripled in 20 years. An astonishing 58 per cent of the adult population is ...

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 ...

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 ...