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Health

Fat and proud: Why body-positive activists say obesity can be healthy

Growing calls for "fat acceptance" fly in the face of accepted medical advice, but studies show you can be overweight and healthy

Insight

One bad night’s sleep can make you put on fat and lose muscle mass

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One bad night’s sleep can make you put on fat and lose muscle mass

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Eating a low-carb diet may shorten your life – unless you go vegan too

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An 'obesity virus' could be to blame for many people being overweight

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Your brain absolutely cannot resist doughnuts - here's why

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Food in supermarket trolley

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England needs to go on a diet, but new calorie plan won’t work

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Health

Don't hate all processed foods - they make modern life possible

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Men in the UK have the highest obesity rates in Europe

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Hunger-blocking injection lets fat monkeys quickly lose weight

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Low-calorie pizza and burgers won’t fix our child obesity crisis

Health

Low-calorie pizza and burgers won’t fix our child obesity crisis

The latest push to tackle growing waistlines among England's children is a call to cut calories in junk food. It won't work wonders, warns Tom Sanders

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Even ‘healthy’ overweight people have a higher cardiac risk

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IVF babies grow up heavier and may have higher risk of obesity

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Collective rather than individual action can beat obesity

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Humans

The appetite genes: Why some of us are born to eat too much

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