Who eats all the pies? Salt surfeit puts men at risk, survey reveals
Men risking their lives by regularly tucking into salty pies, mash and gravy, warns health watchdog
What’s in your basket, Barbara Taylor Bradford?
John Briffa is mostly impressed by the novelist's diet – although the tinned custard isn't a winner…
Food and class: does what we eat reflect Britain’s social divide?
The received wisdom is that the middle classes eat well and can cook. Poorer people are more likely to be overweight and live on ready meals. But is it really true? Report by Louise Carpenter
Britain’s fried-chicken boom
Whether it's from KFC, Tennessee, Dixie, Perfect or Golden, fried chicken is Britain's fastest growing fast food. Can anything stem our appetite for it?
How vegetables can give you that golden glow
Scientists prove that your five a day make you more attractive – by subtly altering your skin colour
The inside track: fruit and vegetables
Your five a day doesn't have to be raw – cooking your fruit and veg may help you to get your vitamins and nutrients
The Livewell diet: it’s cheap, it’s nutritious and it could help save the planet
The Livewell Plate, a weekly menu compiled by nutritionists, sets out the ideal ingredients to balance healthy eating with sustainable food sources, at an average cost of £29 a person
Hidden the workings out? You might as well be a Raelian
Ben Goldacre: Sibling statistics, software secrecy and study shortcuts all show why scientific authority derives from transparency
The misery of the detox
January is a miserable month and yet so many make it even more miserable by trying to give up some of life's great pleasures – such as alcohol. Three weeks in, how's it going?
Anyone for a bucket of coffee? Starbucks thinks so
Richard Adams: Starbucks announces plans to sell bladder-bursting 'Trenta' cup size - holding almost a litre of coffee - in its US outlets