Meet Santa – in deepest Kent

Lapland UK, Christmas without the trimmings and affordable new London hotels

Eat yourself healthy

Can the dietitian from Channel 4's The Food Hospital help our writer to control her painful migraines?

Jamie Oliver brands Andrew Lansley obesity plan as ‘patronising rubbish’

Health secretary sets out 'national ambition' to cut 5bn calories a day from Britons' daily diet

This obesity strategy is a cop out

Jamie Oliver: The government's obesity strategy is worthless, patronising rubbish. Eight-year-olds would come up with better ideas

There’s nothing wrong with a little Diet Coke habit

It's the kind of addiction people laugh at, but really that's all about suspicion of the other

Sugar-free drinks and chewing gum may cause damage to teeth

British Dental Journal paper finds products contain acidic additives that can lead to the erosion of tooth enamel

Coffee may help prevent depression in women

A large study has shown that the risk of clinical depression is lower among women who drink coffee

Experts targeting obesity raise hope of drugs to stop us feeling hungry

Breakthroughs in our understanding of digestion suggest it will soon be possible to suppress the appetite

Why the new McDonald’s menu won’t make us thin

Felicity Lawrence: Calorie labelling is good PR for McDonald's – but industry-led 'nudges' such as this won't make a dent in the obesity epidemic

McDonald’s introduces calorie count

Trial at burger chain gives food for thought but many doubt new initiative can change behaviour