NZ study raises possibility fresh fish oil may aid children of overweight pregnant women.

Kiwis need to get moving more if research from Stanford is to be believed.

An obesity study that will breath-test thousands of Kiwi kids is off to a promising start.

There's nothing like seeing a couple who feel confident in their own skin.

Can losing your sense of smell make you lose weight?

Bone marrow was found to "remember" the effects of exercise long after the exercise ended.

Scientists will tap into the DNA data of thousands of young people in major new study.

A test found eating dark chocolate before meals made women eat 25% less.

COMMENT: A sugar tax would not reduce obesity, as experience overseas proves.

Drink distributors have agreed to sell only water in NZ primary and intermediate schools.

Most childcare centres that feed their children are not meeting nutrition guidelines.

Healthy lifestyle helps Coco ace the cross country.

COMMENT: Event sponsorship is only one small part of our problem with kids' health.

A quarter of children in Australia are obese or overweight but is surgery the answer?

Children aged 5 to 13 should get uninterrupted sleep of at least 9 hours a night.

Over 10 years the percentage of students buying lunches from tuck shops has halved.

How much sugar should Kiwis have?

Report identifies unhealthy lunches and competitive behaviour on the sideline as problems.

A white pride group says it has opened a Wellington chapter and plans to put up posters shortly.

The New Zealand Health Research Council has injected $1.6 million into a research project to tackle diabetes.

If you're still struggling to shift those extra kilos, an outspoken weightloss expert believes he's found the answer.

Texan man Andy Albertson weighed almost 150kg and was teased about his body.

Science has proven that some obese people with high levels of fat can also be in good physical health. Here's how.

The Government must step in to curb the marketing of unhealthy food to our children, a leading public health researcher argues.

Trainers are more interested in measuring your body composition which doesn't discriminate between fat and muscle.

Too little "huff and puff" and too much screen time, childhood obesity study finds.

An obese Minties addict who ate 4,000 calories of the chewy treat every day, looks unrecognisable after losing 70kgs and her 'flappy' excess skin.

Watch NZ Herald Focus: Henry Vaeoso is honouring the late Jonah Lomu with community driven aerobics.

They provide laughs on social media, but what about the real people pictured in those "funny" memes?

UK Government has been accused of "massively overreacting" by telling people not to eat roast potatoes despite no scientific proof of a link to cancer.