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.

Pacific island nations now occupy the top seven places in the World Health Organisation's global obesity rankings.

Figures to be released at an obesity summit today indicate 72 per cent of Australians aged over 25 will have a weight problem in 2025.

There are moments in life when you feel the universe is telling you - as politely as possible - that you have become a Fat Bastard.

'First drop your pie' was the lesson for one of the Hastings crew who cycled into Parliament to prove their weight loss programme was working.

There is praise in New Zealand for an initiative across the Tasman, forcing fast food outlets to display kilojoule counts.

Six weeks ago rugby legend Buck Shelford was an overweight, pie-eating bloke for whom exercise was a distant memory.