TV chef Jamie Oliver has called for more to be done to stop junk food outlets opening near UK schools as he continues his fight against childhood obesity.

Children allowed to eat sweets and watch television in moderation score higher for "wellbeing" than those denied the pleasure, a British report says.

Faced with a portion of food twice as big as what you normally consume will lead you to eat about a third more food than usual.

Huntington, West Virginia, has been awarded the dubious mantle of America's fattest city.

It sounds like a harebrained scheme, but scientists studying baldness have come up with an idea for a cream that dissolves fat.

Australians are gaining weight so fast that medical experts are calling for obesity to be classified as a disease and new national programmes launched to combat it.

South Auckland parents believe their children are as healthy as the average youngster, even though their obesity level is far above national norms.

The tiny tots at a shiny new pre-kindergarten school and day-care centre in Durant.

Whether surfing the web, playing video games or watching TV, children's after-school eating habits in front of screens have concerned researchers.

A new weight-loss balloon that can be swallowed in a pill has been launched in Britain.

Colourful labels with simple images are more effective at prompting people to pick up healthy foods than traditional ones with detailed information, new research has found.

Keeping fit as a teenager can halve the risk of heart attacks much later in life, a study has found.

Few people would argue with the idea that sleep is good for us, but not many of us know that a lack of sleep can cause weight gain.

Babies who are spoon-fed by their parents are more likely to become overweight, a new study has revealed.

It's a frightening figure - 11 per cent of early deaths in NZ are due to poor nutrition and obesity. So what can be done to reverse the trend?

Early childhood education centres are targeted in a new study examining some of the root causes of NZ's growing obesity problem.

A mocked-up image of a plus-size Barbie beside a traditional Barbie has sparked a debate about the doll's impact on female body image.

People who are obese and have normal blood pressure, cholesterol and blood-sugar readings will still be unhealthy and die sooner compared with people who have a normal body weight, according to researchers.

The fatter we get as a nation, the more we seem to lie about what we eat, a New Zealand study has shown.

People who can look at a slice of cake as something to celebrate rather than regret are more likely to stay slim, New Zealand research suggests.

A London beauty salon has slapped curvier customers with a so-called "fat tax," saying they use up more materials.

Children born prematurely not only risk becoming overweight adults, but they may also hand a legacy of obesity to their own offspring, warn Auckland medical researchers.

Spending hours in the gym to stay slim might be all for nothing if you have the wrong genes, a new study suggests.

When it came to clean living, our earliest ancestors knew what they were doing - at least that's the message of personal trainers Luke Hines and Scott Gooding.

Children who get away with fussy eating are more likely to become obese, a nutrition expert says.

New Zealand children will wear cameras in a world-first study to monitor the daily advertising bombardment of junk food and other unhealthy products.

A lack of protein in the modern diet is a cause of overeating and is a big factor in causing obesity, an Australian university study has found.

Teens seeking weight-loss surgery in the US have a startling number of health problems that used to be seen only in adults, according to a major government-funded study.