Vietnam's Ministry of Health has issued its first specialised guidance on the diagnosis and treatment of obesity in response to the increasing obesity rate in the last decade.

Obesity is increasing rapidly in Vietnam, especially big provinces and cities.

The incidence of type 2 diabetes in younger adults has increased dramatically in Vietnam, doctors have said.

 Sleep irregularities may be tied to a variety of health problems, such as diabetes and obesity, that can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease,

 Reducing the portion sizes offered in supermarkets, restaurants and at home would help reverse the obesity epidemic, say researchers.

 The chance of returning to a normal weight after becoming obese is only one in 210 for men and one in 124 for women over a year, research suggests.

Scientists have uncovered more than 90 new gene regions that could help explain why some people are more likely to put on weight than others.  

One in two people in the UK will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lives, analysis suggests.

 A lack of exercise could be killing twice as many people in Europe as obesity, a 12-year study of more than 300,000 people suggests.

 Obesity can constitute a disability in certain circumstances, the EU's highest court has ruled.

 The worldwide cost of obesity is about the same as smoking or armed conflict and greater than both alcoholism and climate change, research has suggested.

A VND2.3 trillion (US$108 million) project is set to begin in November to expand T2 International Terminal of Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City.

Infants with a hearty appetite grew more rapidly and might be genetically predisposed to obesity, according to two linked papers published Monday in the U.S. journal JAMA Pediatrics.

 The globe is facing a "tidal wave" of cancer, and restrictions on alcohol and sugar need to be considered, say World Health Organization scientists.

 The number of overweight and obese adults in the developing world has almost quadrupled to around one billion since 1980, says a report from a UK think tank.

 VietNamNet Bridge - In 10 years, the average height of the Vietnamese people rose only 1cm, but the proportion of children under 5 years of age who are overweight and obese increased 9 times.

 Independent experts urged US regulators to reduce restrictions on GlaxoSmithKline's controversial diabetes drug Avandia, banned in Europe over heart attack risk concerns.

 Gene may explain why some people are lazy, said a new study released by the University of Missouri on Monday.

Weight loss after gastric band surgery may be partly caused by changes to micro-organisms that live in the gut, say US researchers.