Salt in Jamie Oliver sauces a recipe for ill-health

• Chef's pasta range has more than any other• One portion equivalent to 10 bags of salted crisps

Fat is a humanist issue

Marianne Kirby: Want to know what it's like to be fat? It means facing a constant barrage of humiliation from people who feel entitled to comment

The doubtful dividends of detox diets

Are 'detox' diets and dishes complete hooey, or might there be something in them?

Learning to cook the Ministry of Food way

Jamie Oliver's Rotherham-based cookery school aims to transform the way ordinary people eat. Could it even make a cook out of Michele Hanson?

Shock finding on salt levels in big-name brand foods

Supermarket own-brand and 'value' ranges have far less salt than the famous names, UK study finds

Food safety at home

The basics of food safety are simple and easily mastered, but how many of us follow all the rules, all the time?

Battle of the breakfast table as cereal makers fight health warning TV ads

Food Standards Agency to highlight fact 75% of salt eaten is in cereals, tomato ketchup, ready-made soup and bread

Raw shellfish likely cause of Heston Blumenthal’s Fat Duck poisoning

Health Protection Agency report blames norovirus for making 500 diners ill at world-famous restaurant

I lost 22kg in eight months, and got control of my life back

Eight months ago, I was fat, did no exercise and mostly ate junk food. Then I decided to transform my life - and to my surprise it really wasn't that hard

Sales of 1% fat milk at record level, says Food Standards Agency

Rise in sales follows multimillion pound advertising campaign urging consumers to cut intake of saturated fats