UK’s food poverty revealed: nutrition falls as fruit and veg prices rise

Annual food survey shows that households are ditching fresh, healthy foods and 'trading down' to counter rising prices

One in three primary school leavers is obese or overweight

Little progress made in drive to keep children's weight down, study suggests

Voluntary food health plan failing, says Which?

Responsibility Deal failing to make food and drink companies encourage Britons to consume healthier meals, says watchdog

Painkiller addiction: the plague that is sweeping the US

Ed Pilkington: Prescription pill overdoses are killing 15,000 Americans a year, and the toll is growing

Alcohol at 40p, 45p or 50p a unit to be Cameron choices for minimum price

Widespread public opposition to curbing cheap booze sales by penalising moderate drinkers

The ‘nutrition gap’ between Britain’s rich and poor is vast – and wicked

Ian Jack: The gulf between people's diets is worse today than it was when George Orwell wrote The Road to Wigan Pier in 1936. However complex the reasons, the fact is shocking

Food industry and supermarkets back healthy eating drive

Department of Health's Responsibility Drive aims to increase number of people eating five-a-day on fruit and vegetables

LA County’s Measure B is a major win for safe sex in adult entertainment

Gail Dines: The failure to block the pro-condom ballot, for all their political leverage and wealthy donors, is a knock for Big Porn's exploiters

This column will change your life: Richard Branson, master of the bleeding obvious

Be innovative, learn to listen, don't be a bad apple… Mr Virgin shares his business 'secrets', says Oliver Burkeman

All supermarkets to adopt ‘traffic-light labelling’ for nutrition

Government announces move to make it easier for shoppers to see which foods are unhealthy