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The obesity crisis

Guardian reporters investigate the reasons behind our bulging obesity problem and examine what could be done to halt it
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    Men, you're bigger than you think! (But women – you're thinner)

    Men are more than twice as likely as women to underestimate their weight, finds a project with 300,000 participants

  • obesity crisis men women hospitalised

    Number of people hospitalised because of weight triples in five years

    Latest data from NHS makes clear scale of obesity crisis in UK as Diane Abbott calls for more government action

  • obese person sits on a chair at an airport

    NHS ill-prepared to cope with obese patients

  • obesity-chester-phoenix- clinic

    How psychology can beat obesity

  • Standing on scales

    Write for us on … diet and weight loss

  • 200 calories composite

    What does 200 calories look like? - in pictures

  • Mend helps families in the fight against obesity - video

  • Food industry playing for time on regulation, says obesity expert

  • Chocolate biscuits

    Obesity epidemic: as a lifelong comfort eater, I understand the emotional pull of food

    Rae Earl
  • Child obesity programmes struggle to survive cuts

  • Muesli

    Food labelling underestimating calorie content of some foods, scientists say

  • Woman

    Obesity crisis: what impact do soft drinks really have? - video

  • There's no need for this obesity epidemic hysteria

    Charlotte Cooper
  • Obesity crisis: doctors demand soft drinks tax and healthier hospital food

  • Supersize v undersize: food portions and obesity

  • UK obesity crisis needs a bold prescription from doctors

  • Obesity fightback begins in Tamworth, fat capital of Britain

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