Anti-obesity scheme to offer voucher rewards for healthy living

Government to launch pilot in England in January, aimed at motivating people to lose weight

Food myths busted: dairy, salt and steak may be good for you after all

A new Swedish study says decades of official dairy wisdom is wrong. Here, a nutrition expert examines more science that questions standard health advice

Exercise can help prevent cancers, new research finds

Obesity could soon overtake smoking as the main preventable cancer risk

Covid risks making society more unequal than since early Victorian times

As life expectancy stalls and infant mortality rises, abolishing Public Health England will only make things worse, says public health expert Gabriel Scally

Coronavirus: Public Health England calls for action on obesity in Covid-19 fight

New evidence links obesity to increased risks of coronavirus-related hospitalisation, intensive care and death

UK set to bring in strict new junk food rules including pre-9pm ad ban

Measures expected to go beyond curbs on advertising to include in-store restriction

Jenni Murray: ‘I hate the diet industry. It’s caused me misery’

The Woman’s Hour presenter has written a book about her lifelong struggle with her weight. She discusses fat-shaming, body positivity and what happened when she had bariatric surgery

Miriam’s Big Fat Adventure review – Margolyes chews the fat on obesity

The actor and national institution delved into changing attitudes to weight, in a show that took in stigma, mental health and other heavy issues besides

Sharp rise in hospital admissions for children with sleep disorders

Exclusive: Cases for conditions such as insomnia almost double in England in seven years

Girls beginning puberty almost a year earlier than in 1970s

Onset of glandular breast tissue development has shifted by three months per decade