Child obesity among five-year-olds increased in Scotland this year and more than one in five youngsters are now classed as overweight, official figures have revealed.

Successful French obesity programme to be trialled in eight areas of Scotland.

ALL primary school children in Scotland will be checked for obesity once a year under radical SNP plans to improve the country's appalling health record, The Scotsman has

EXPERTS estimate that Scotland's obesity epidemic is currently costing the Scottish taxpayer £457 million per year and is directly responsible for 3,400 deaths.

Scotland's obesity record is "hardly an advert" for its food and drink reputation, an MSP has warned.

SCOTLAND is facing an "obesity epidemic" according to figures released yesterday, which show two-thirds of men and more than half of women are overweight.

THE Liberal Democrats have pledged to hold a summit during 2010 to tackle Scotland's obesity problem through sport.

Most serious, most serious indeed. Alan Johnson, Britain's health secretary, got it right when he called for a national movement to tackle obesity in his Fabian Society speech. He's taken on board the sound advice offered to governments over many years now that to have any hope of stemming the tide of overweight and obesity, you

Ministers are to launch a strategy aimed at tackling Scotland's "obesity time bomb" which could cost the economy £3bn.

More than 23,000 children are suffering from diabetes, with obesity responsible for a small but growing number of cases, the first official audit of the condition shows. The survey has prompted calls for greater support for children with diabetes, particularly within schools. It confirms that the vast majority (97 per cent) of childhood cases are type 1