DietDoc takes a look at how dietary factors and so-called monoamine neurotransmitters control our appetite.

What influences the fact that you struggle to lose weight? Consider the influence of social determinants, so-called "enablers" and "barriers", and environmental factors.

Struggling to control how much you eat? New research is slowly, but systematically, uncovering the extremely complex factors that control human appetite. DietDoc investigates.

The European Commission is taking steps to counteract the harmful effects that junk food is having on the European population. Should our government be doing the same?

We're a population of expanding proportions, but our increased appetite for TV and trans fats isn’t all that’s to blame. Here are four other reasons our waistlines are expanding.

Rising obesity rates are having serious implications for the growing incidence of hypertension in the South African population, according to experts.

A global survey has recently found that abdominal fat is the world’s number one killer, claiming more than 17 million lives each year.

Being a bit “soft around the edges” is more than inconvenient – it increases your risk of a myriad of dangerous diseases.

The obesity epidemic in South Africa is being fuelled by the belief among black women that thinness is a sign of HIV/Aids infection, a new study has found. DietDoc takes a look.