Queen St is turning into a strip of fast-food outlets, despite the best efforts of city planners.

Notorious footlong cheeseburger is off the menu as part-owner Michael Jones puts his foot down.

Scientists blame the increase on the spread of a Western-style diet, leading to rising levels of obesity.

The increasing number of extremely obese patients has forced Waikato Hospital to open special rooms.

Fat activism is the latest movement sweeping the globe as plus-size people rally against prejudice and discrimination.

Expectant mothers' diets could be creating an obesity timebomb for their unborn children, a groundbreaking study involving New Zealand scientists has revealed.

Angelique Jurd was terrified she would rapidly regain weight she had to lose to have obesity surgery.

Obese young children are vulnerable to bone fractures and more likely to develop osteoporosis in old age, British study finds.

Dear, oh dear, whatever's happened to the once-rather-wonderful Kirstie Alley? She got fat, of course.

Pregnant women who eat a lot of sugar-laden food could be compromising their babies' development, new New Zealand research suggests.

It's just over a year since Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia had her stomach-stapling operation. Since then, she's lost 32kg and picked up a few new hobbies.

Overweight pregnant women are a growing problem and they are costing the health system millions of dollars.