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.

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

A review of the weight loss drug found the risks to patients outweighed the benefits, Medsafe's principal clinical advisor said today.

So you want to lose weight for summer? Cancel the gym membership. As Emma John finds, an increasing body of research reveals exercise does next to nothing for you when it comes to shedding the kilos.

Health experts are alarmed by the 'scary' number of overweight or obese preschoolers.

The health sector is overburdened by those who don't know how to look after themselves or don't give a damn, writes Gareth Morgan.

Latest research has revealed the best way to lose weight is to shed flab as fast as possible.

Leading doctors in Britain will today demand tough government action to curb the nation's addiction to unhealthy food.

In a bid to combat rampant obesity levels, law-makers in the US city of Baldwin Park have imposed a moratorium on new fast-food outlets.

The family of Auckland woman Folole Muliaga plan to sue both Mercury Energy and Middlemore Hospital over her 2007 death.

Kids who eat three or more burgers a week are more likely to suffer from asthma and wheezing, new research has found.

McDonald's - home of the golden arches - shows commercialism and caring can co-exist, writes Guy Adams.