Jowell rules out curbs on junk food adverts

Culture secretary Tessa Jowell will rule out new curbs on advertising junk foods to children in a speech to the advertising industry today, in which she is expected to call for voluntary action to tackle the crisis of obesity instead. By Felicity Lawrence.

Is there a catch?

A new study claims that if your children eat fish, they are less likely to turn to crime. But can fish really be that good for you? Joanna Moorhead investigates.

Parched in a flood

Water is the new tea - or so it seems. It's a chic necessity in the boardroom, and every teenager has a plastic bottle to hand. Yet nutritionists are adamant - marathon runners aside, few of us drink anything like enough of it, and that's not good for our health. Joanna Blythman investigates a paradox.