Jamie Oliver has launched a new book, and a challenge.

Most of us are confused about diet because we're always trying to pin the blame on one nutrient, says an expert.

Forty per cent of obese children and adolescents in a New Zealand study have been found to be at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes in future.

New Zealand's less restrictive food classification system called into question by researchers.

Annette King will release anti-obesity policy in November - and says there is mounting evidence and growing support for sugary drink taxes.

Professor Stephen McGarvey talks about his recent breakthrough establishing a link between Samoan populations and obesity.

One in five Bay of Plenty 4-year-olds are overweight, obese or extremely obese, a new report shows. A Tauranga dietitian says the

Weight-loss surgery is an effective option for obese patients with type-2 diabetes, a New Zealand study has found.

High obesity rates among Samoans are partly caused by genetics, scientists have discovered.

Kiwi researchers experimenting with a bitter plant extract have developed a potential appetite suppressant, they have told an obesity conference.

A teen mum from Pokeno will address a crowd of experts at the world's largest health assembly.

A teen mum from Pokeno will address a crowd of experts at the world's largest health assembly. And 19-year-old Jasmine Crosbie believes the obesity challenges of her old South Auckland school surroundings will prove a useful case study for the World Health Organisation's annual meeting in Geneva this month.

COMMENT: The fact of the matter is that Eljae is obese. Markedly so. That's not an insult, that's a fact. And someone needs to own that, writes Andrew Dickens.

COMMENT: We listen to doctors, but when they use terms such as obesity most people take their wisdom with a healthy grain of salt.

COMMENT: No one has even suggested a rate at which the tax should be levied. Without knowing what rate of tax will be imposed no one can know how consumers will react, writes Robin Grieve.

COMMENT: Sure, obesity increases the risks of heart disease, diabetes and sore ankles. But if something is going to kill you, it might as well taste good.

COMMENT: This refusal to confront the obesity-diabetes epidemic is like a replay of the global warming crisis fiasco, writes Brian Rudman

In light of the sugar tax debate we revisit this story about the impact sugar had on singer Che Fu's life.

The Government has launched a new effort to slash obesity and boost learning among Kiwi kids.

Have you ever wondered what happens to your body after you drink a can of your favourite fizzy drink?

We are designed to seek food - our drive to do so is essential to our survival and we have a complex system to control this, writes Matthew Haines.

Older toddlers - aged about 2 - are picking up on potentially harmful anti-fat attitudes from their mothers, research suggests.

This advertising campaign will just add to the growing concerns that children already have about their appearance, weight, eating, exercise and health, writes Dr Darren Powell.

Dress sizes have expanded dramatically over the decades, according to experts.

Annette King says Labour's plan betters National's "feeble attempt" to address obesity.

Results from a study into the effects of cutting back on sugar suggest huge implications for the food industry, chronic disease, and health care costs.

Exercising first thing in the morning may lower a woman's risk of becoming overweight.

Remember the halcyon days of the nanny state - universal free health care and education, a fair go for all, semi-decent public broadcasting?

Health Minister Jonathan Coleman's newly released magic pill to cure childhood obesity is so sugar-coated even those fuelling the epidemic are falling over each other to praise him.