People who switched from driving to work to using public transport, cycling or walking lost significant amounts of weight, a study has found.

Taking vitamin D supplements has been found to aid weight loss in obese and overweight people, Italian researchers have found.

In the face of a soaring global epidemic of type 2 diabetes and obesity, the food industry is at last on the back foot.

A gym has been scolded for running an ad mocking fat people.

In a new attempt to control New Zealand's obesity epidemic, severely overweight patients will have a stomach drain installed through which they pump out excess food.

Excessive sugar and carbohydrates are behind the obesity crisis rather than physical inactivity, claim three experts in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

Scientists call for a new style of bespoke treatment rather than a "one size fits all" approach to tackling the epidemic.

Burger King says it will stop selling toys with its kids meals and will cease advertising to children on television.

Could therapeutic fasting be a solution to many lifestyle diseases such as obesity, diabetes and cancer? The director of a renowned German clinic is convinced of it. Liz Hunt reports.

Scientists believe the gene Plexin D1 tells fat to gather around the middle, rather than the bottom and thighs.

Daily and occasional diet soft drinkers gained nearly three times as much belly fat as non-drinkers, after they ruled out other factors such as age, exercise and smoking.

Kiwis need to carve about six teaspoons of sugar out of our daily diets if we're to meet new international suggestions for avoiding obesity and rotten teeth.

Natural alternatives to sugar sweeteners exist, but even they have pitfalls if consumed in excess. We are hard-wired to love sweets.

Hundreds of babies are being born clinically obese in the UK every year - including some weighing more than a stone.

Stevia-sweetened fizzy drink Pepsi Next will hit our shelves next week, a month ahead of rival Coke Life - but will the new products do any good?

Health Minister Jonathan Coleman is looking at introducing a Health Target to control child obesity.

How can you know what you need to maintain your energy balance? There are two options: the mathematical approach and the instinctive approach.

Kiwi scientists have found a curious new way to combat obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in an antioxidant linked to Chinese medicine.

Australian scientists may have discovered a way to shed fat by teaching our bodies how to burn it off.

A brisk 20-minute walk each day is all it takes to avoid dying prematurely, the findings suggest.

More than a third of Kiwis believe fizzy and other sugary drinks should be taxed, a Southern Cross Health Society survey indicates.

A pill that helps the body to burn excess fat could one day "replace the treadmill", scientists claim.

One of the old-time favourites of the lolly jar - Killer Python jelly snakes - are being cut in half to encourage people to be more responsible when eating treats.

Women are more likely to work in lower paying jobs as they become heavier. Not so for men, a US study shows.

Voters in San Francisco will decide next month whether to tax sodas and other sugary drinks to reduce ailments including obesity and diabetes.

Stop going nuts over coconut, it might not be as healthy as what you think, writes Dave Shaw.

Charging your phone in your bedroom could make you put on weight, according to scientists in Spain.

If you think you're giving your kids healthy food by putting a snack bar in their lunch box, think again.