Five beef patties, four cheese slices, bacon, lettuce, tomato … Burger King’s sumo of a burger enters the ring

Japan’s limited-edition Baby Body Burger packs in 1,876 calories and tips the scales at nearly 680g. Will it defeat our reporter?

Healthy chocolate, low-hangover wine and nutritious breakfast cereal: 10 guilty pleasures … without the guilt

Sometimes you just need to treat yourself but you don’t always need to feel bad about it. Nutritionists recommend the smartest ways to indulge (including a healthy kebab!)

Ultra-processed food raises risk of heart attack and stroke, two studies show

Research presented to annual meeting of European Society of Cardiology prompts calls for action

Ultra-processed foods: what are they and what are the risks to health?

UPFs account for 57% of calories consumed in the UK and have been associated with increases in serious diseases

Should I worry about eating too many takeaways?

We all know they tend to be full of salt, sugar and additives – but when does an occasional treat become an unhealthy habit? We separate the fat from the fiction

‘I was sick with pain – but doctors thought I was a hypochondriac’: the spreading agony of kidney stones

Up to one in 10 of us will get kidney stones, according to the NHS. Even teenagers are at risk from what was long seen as an older man’s affliction. Why – and what can we do to prevent them?

Fast food fever: how ultra-processed meals are unhealthier than you think

UPFs form 50% of Britons’ calorie intake. Now food scientists are learning more about what makes them so damaging

UK set to bring in strict new junk food rules including pre-9pm ad ban

Measures expected to go beyond curbs on advertising to include in-store restriction

If God wanted me to be a size eight, would he have made Birds Eye Potato Waffles so waffly versatile?

‘Being locked away has permitted many of us to eat without the annual creeping tyranny of how we should look in time for summer’

Central London is Britain’s unhealthiest place to live, study finds

Great Torrington in Devon healthiest given factors such as pollution and fast-food access