Researchers unable to explain higher health risk for children in facilities.

Newborns and unborn babies in later pregnancy have been dying in South Auckland at a higher rate than the national average for most of the past decade.

A study finds doctors could do more to help at-risk teens who are vomiting, taking diet pills and skipping meals.

Research has found children who don't have any brothers or sisters are about 50 per cent more likely to have weight problems.

Judging by the food court scene, it's no wonder NZ has an obesity problem. The people carrying those big plates of food were big and they had large kids in tow.

Martin Johnston talks to Andrew Dickson about how the weight-loss industry exploits the anxieties of the obese.

The extra food needed to feed overweight and obese people is the same as feeding an extra billion mouths, researchers say.