Obese patients have been paid up to $911 to lose weight in a UK trial to test if financial incentives can be used to change unhealthy behaviour.

Cookie the dog looked more like the Cookie Monster when his owners first laid eyes on him.

Eat your five-a-day, take exercise, avoid alcohol, sugar, stress... Obsessing about our well-being is dominating our lives - and it's bad for us.

Swinging London will take on a whole new meaning for the capital's ageing baby-boomers, who are soon to get their own outdoor playground.

Millions of people who strive to keep fit by jogging, swimming or going to the gym are wasting their time, scientists say.

Be prepared for a long retirement if medical advances continue at their current pace, says health reporter Martin Johnston.

New Zealanders are putting off doctors visits and surgeries and giving up on healthy behaviour, according to a survey.

Mal Law intends running the equivalent of almost nine marathons in seven days for charity.

A swimmer who died during a cross-harbour swim was fit and well prepared, friends and family say.

First lady Michelle Obama got in a spot of exercise during a healthy kids fair in Washington yesterday.

If New Zealanders increased their cycling to the modest levels of the 1980s, they would burn off annually the amount of energy in 40 million cans of Coke.

Whether you love your curves or loathe them, body fat can reveal hidden truths about your health.

Only one in seven New Zealanders - 13.1 per cent - have healthy lifestyles, says a new compilation of statistics related to the nation's sustainability