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.

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.

It's never too late to trim your waist - you just have to be smarter, says Maria Lally.

Uh oh - British dentists are calling office workers to "combat cake culture in" 2017. They say the ritual of shouting supermarket-bought

Already bored of setting goals for the new year? That means you're extremely likely to fail and given we're well into the first week of January, maybe you already have.

For people hoping to shed those extra kilos in the early new year, setting out with unrealistic expectations could be the key to losing weight.

Researchers believe no diet is perfect for everyone, and the key to picking the right one depends on hormones, genes and psychology.

Kiwi scientists are exploring the mysterious role the bugs inside us play in regulating our diet and metabolism.

COMMENT: It looks as though our Advertising Standards Authority will, once again, fail to adopt a strict code of food advertising to children.

The toll of sugary drinks on the health of Pacific Island people is an issue close to the heart of 23-year-old Paul Nai, who is leading a new study on cultural drivers of consumption.

COMMENT: The fact I have my gut feelings - and my gut - back is actually a good thing.

How narcissistic are Kiwis?

Meals which were fine to eat 30 years ago may now be too calorific, a new study suggests.