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Health officials warn falling activity rates as people age are putting their health at risk.

Drinking at this level could put people at risk of liver damage, as well as long-term increased risk of some types of cancer, stroke and heart disease

Eating more sugar is linked to obesity, the first study using objective measures of sugar intake has found.

NHS figures reveal that nearly half of youngsters are overweight or obese and risk an early grave.

Young unemployed and ‘economically inactive’ adults in Scotland are at greater risk of developing cancer-related behaviours than their peers who are working according to the first study of it’s kind.

Dementia Tsar says more must be done to help old people with depression

The NHS currently recommends 75 minutes of vigorous activity per week, but experts now accept this target may be too ambitious and are instead telling people to walk ten minutes per day.

But people who drink to escape perceived problems need to recognise the truth to change, says expert

The word ‘millennial’ has become synonymous with a generation seen as lazy, entitled and with a poor work-ethic.

Sugar is widely accepted as the culprit behind soaring obesity rates. But exactly how is the white stuff making us fat?

Phew, it's hot!

Every day at the moment we seem to be breaking records - the hottest day of the year so far; the hottest June in the last 40 years..

The government must go beyond its current plans on unhealthy food and drink if it is serious about tackling childhood obesity, claims a Health Committee study.

A new study links 10-a-day with living longer but that's not the full picture.