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Shelley Bridgeman: Fat activism

Fat activism is the latest movement sweeping the globe as plus-size people rally against prejudice and discrimination.

Kiwi tests may save mum

Peter Bills: High fat culture means Americans resigned to obesity

Mum's diet key to baby health

Expectant mothers' diets could be creating an obesity timebomb for their unborn children, a groundbreaking study involving New Zealand scientists has revealed.

Happy to be half the man he was

Anguish over delayed obesity surgery

Angelique Jurd was terrified she would rapidly regain weight she had to lose to have obesity surgery.

Parents buy unhealthy food on sportspeople's say-so

Maori women more likely to get breast cancer: study

Study: Sugars could harm unborn baby

Pregnant women who eat a lot of sugar-laden food could be compromising their babies' development, new New Zealand research suggests.

Kilos slashed, new hobbies added

It's just over a year since Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia had her stomach-stapling operation. Since then, she's lost 32kg and picked up a few new hobbies.

<i>Kerre Woodham</i>: Make the fatties walk

Big mums risk babies' health

Overweight pregnant women are a growing problem and they are costing the health system millions of dollars.

Stickers take movie message to fruit-eating kids

Eat less, feel full? It's food for thought