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Fake sweeteners help: honey expert

Stature a better indication of a nation's wealth than GDP - researcher

A person's height and body mass should be used to measure a nation's wealth and wellbeing, says a researcher. Professor Les Oxley

Deborah Coddington: People at fault soon blame anyone but themselves

Deborah Coddington: The market's to blame for obesity? Fat chance

Paul Little: Risky feel-good fat love

UK zoos and vets asked to scan patients too fat for hospital

Editorial: Don't blame burger sponsors for fat kids

Ship passenger counts changed for obesity

Paul Little: Rambling Brash bungles it again

Too much sitting bad news for office workers

Your chances of dying before your time are increased by sitting for long periods, no matter how much you work out, according to new research.

Some babies already obese in the womb

British scientists have found the first direct link between the weight of a mother-to-be and that of her child.

Matt McCarten: Drop fat by cutting marketing rubbish

Majority in NZ obese or overweight

New Zealand's obesity rate surges

New Zealand's obesity rate surged ahead in the 12 years to 2009, a major nutrition report released today by the Ministry of Health shows.

Marijuana smokers may have lower risk of obesity

Beefy Brits slim down on Kiwi kai

Two previously beefy Brits who converted to New Zealand's "atmosphere of fitness" have spoken out against two fellow immigrants who said their new home made them fat.