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![Too much sitting bad news for office workers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Too much sitting bad news for office workers
Your chances of dying before your time are increased by sitting for long periods, no matter how much you work out, according to new research.
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Some babies already obese in the womb
British scientists have found the first direct link between the weight of a mother-to-be and that of her child.
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New Zealand's obesity rate surges
New Zealand's obesity rate surged ahead in the 12 years to 2009, a major nutrition report released today by the Ministry of Health shows.
![NZ Fashion Week: Aussies go big - but not here](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
NZ Fashion Week: Aussies go big - but not here
A waif-like model almost collapsed from lack of food and water at NZ Fashion Week, a designer says.
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Counselling for anorexia could also help cure obesity
Scientists believe giving obese people the same psychological counselling as those with anorexia could help them.
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Health concern over expanding Jackson
A beefed-up Peter Jackson is fighting the battle of the bulge again.
![Fast food turns Golden Mile into Queen sized St](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Fast food turns Golden Mile into Queen sized St
Queen St is turning into a strip of fast-food outlets, despite the best efforts of city planners.
![Attack of the Carl's Jr calories](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Attack of the Carl's Jr calories
Notorious footlong cheeseburger is off the menu as part-owner Michael Jones puts his foot down.
![NZ's soaring diabetes rate puts us with world's worst](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
NZ's soaring diabetes rate puts us with world's worst
Scientists blame the increase on the spread of a Western-style diet, leading to rising levels of obesity.
![Hospital ready for its largest patients](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Hospital ready for its largest patients
The increasing number of extremely obese patients has forced Waikato Hospital to open special rooms.
![Blogger starts war on obese bus passengers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Blogger starts war on obese bus passengers
A blogger has declared overweight passengers have become a problem for taking up too much room on Auckland buses.
![<i>Catherine Bennett:</i> Diet industry built on the failure of its products](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Catherine Bennett:</i> Diet industry built on the failure of its products
Have you ever wondered how French women stay so miraculously thin? Me neither.
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Shelley Bridgeman: Fat activism
Fat activism is the latest movement sweeping the globe as plus-size people rally against prejudice and discrimination.
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Mum's diet key to baby health
Expectant mothers' diets could be creating an obesity timebomb for their unborn children, a groundbreaking study involving New Zealand scientists has revealed.