Urging people to follow low fat diets and to lower their cholesterol is having "disastrous health consequences", a health charity in England has warned.

ONE in 10 people would starve themselves to lose weight, rising to one-in-five of those aged 18 to 21, according to a new poll.

THREE overweight patients are to be fitted with a device that fools their brains into thinking they have eaten, in a new trial aimed at finding ways to cure obesity in Britain.