Toddlers’ gut bacteria may predict future obesity, study suggests

Researchers identify differences in bacteria that colonise the gut in adults living with obesity

‘I was sick with pain – but doctors thought I was a hypochondriac’: the spreading agony of kidney stones

Up to one in 10 of us will get kidney stones, according to the NHS. Even teenagers are at risk from what was long seen as an older man’s affliction. Why – and what can we do to prevent them?

Society has never produced so much food, yet we live in a world where only the rich get to be healthy

It’s not a failure of collective willpower that’s jeopardising our health, but a diet of bad food that’s culturally familiar, low in nutrition and super available

Magda Szubanski on Australia’s health crisis: ‘I’ve been dreading having a heart attack for years’

In her new ABC show Magda’s Big National Health Check, the much-loved actor explores the state of the nation’s health – while also confronting her own

Early-bird special: could eating your dinner at 5pm help you lose weight?

According to a new study, having your main meal in the early evening can help the pounds drop off – and it might also make you bang on trend

At 34, I’m fitter than I have ever been – no thanks to the fat shamers

Like many women, my body has always felt like public property. Last year, I decided the two of us needed to work on our relationship, writes actor and comedian Evelyn Mok

Have your cake and eat it: how to cut down on sugar

As a doctor and baking columnist Tamal Ray was better placed than most to understand the pitfalls of his lifelong sugar crush. How can even the most sweet-toothed among us cut down?

Poor sleep may hinder attempts to maintain weight loss, study finds

Trial seems to add to body of evidence about health risks of not getting enough sleep or poor quality sleep

Last rites? Supermarkets’ annual Easter egg bonanza to end

Shoppers may soon have to hunt for chocolate eggs as anti-obesity law dictates how and where unhealthy foods can be sold

Middle-age spread: it might not be as bad as you think

According to new data, some obese people are healthier than others because they store fat under the skin, not around their vital organs