Health

Hill's weight went up to 48 stone at her heaviest.

Hospital corridors are lined with sick children and elderly patients, as there aren't enough beds to accommodate them

Kimberly Adie said staff at a Winnipeg salon refused her a pedicure because she was too large.

As sales of energy drinks grow, so are energy drink-associated visits to hospital.

Sugar-laden 'diet' products are contributing to weight gain.

Whitehaven's local mayor complains the town has 'too many' fast food outlets.

"Yes but people are starving in North Korea, aren't they?"

Phalatse suffered from rare genetic disorder that causes rapid ageing but was a 'champion of positivity'.

From America's opioid crisis to the NHS's instinct to over-medicalise, healthcare spending is often wasteful.

A new report suggests emergency contraception may not work for women with a BMI of 26 or more.

Former vice president says if you lined up all the millionaires in America and said ''is this fair?'' they'd say ''no''.

Whole-body vibration tested for its benefits in mice and could have implications for human health.

The latest figures show that the number of smokers in the country is at its lowest level since records began.

Ari Schultz has been living in and out of hospital since he was born.

Being child-free is still a taboo.

There is a fine line between eating healthily and eating obsessively.

Avoiding processed foods is wise but clean eating can sometimes go too far.

Fructose has been linked to conditions including diabetes, obesity, cancer and liver disease.

Surgeon Gabriel Weston will meet some of the world's most extraordinary people.

Do you really need eight hours sleep? Everything you need to know about sleep.

An outbreak of a winter vomiting bug has struck down children in schools.

Routine testing found 'possible presence of Salmonella in a small number of packs', supermarket says.

More than 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone female genital mutilation.

When both partners are obese, their chances of conceiving may be reduced.

Mayor Sadiq Khan called it a public health emergency.

Sensors spotted senior author of study had Lyme disease before he was aware himself.

Drinking alcohol makes people hungry because of what it does to neurons associated with hunger.

Leonardo da Vinci first noticed the body part in the 1500s, but its true structure has only just been officially recognised.

Inactivity may be a consequence rather than a cause of obesity.

Public Health England study revealed high levels of obesity and diabetes.