Humans
The appetite genes: Why some of us are born to eat too much
Subtle differences in how we respond to food, driven by our genes, are the true reason we can struggle to keep to the weight we want to be
Features
Health
Call obesity a disease and food a pathological agent? No thanks
News
Health
Diabetes drug could be the first to reverse the disease
News
Health
Why we are so bad at spotting if our kids are overweight
News
Health
Junk food tax and veg subsidies could add 500,000 years of life
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Health
Fat shaming is everywhere but gets society precisely nowhere
News
Health
Overweight mothers give birth to biologically older babies
News
Health
Don’t lose sleep over the claim that long naps may make you ill
Opinion
Health
UK childhood obesity plan is a spineless, worthless document
Opinion
Health
Childhood obesity strategy stops short of banning junk food ads
The UK government plans to tackle childhood obesity by increasing sport in schools and encouraging food companies to include less sugar in their products
News
Health
Being fat in middle age may shrink your brain鈥檚 white matter
News
Health
Beyond drugs: the war on lifestyle disease needs new tactics
News
Humans
Most powerful obesity gene yet boosts risk by 40 per cent
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Environment
City slicker monkeys are overweight and have high cholesterol
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