Cadbury and Mars ‘break promises’ on additives
As Easter is a movable feast, so too is the timing of the food industry's commitment to stop using azo dyes derived from tar and linked to hyperactivity and cancer
The middle-class myth of healthy eating
Children from all socio-economic backgrounds are suffering the effects of an unhealthy diet. Are we doing enough?
Running on empty carbs
They finish their cereal and snack on nuts and fruit juice. So, how could they possibly get fat? Andrew Purvis on the middle-class myth of healthy-eating
What’s in your basket?
Freddie Flintoff eats out when he's on the road but watches his intake while training. Dr John Briffa semi-approves
Arctic Roll reversion
Kathryn Hughes: As economic insecurity grows, the brands last seen on gran's table in 1981 are back in vogue
What price a unit of happiness?
With medical and political opinion ranged against drinking alcohol, it's unfortunate that happiness is so hard to quantify in official statistics
Taking the biscuit
Nicholas Lezard: The meddling doctor who wants us to cut down on chocolate should know that the slap-a-tax-on-it method rarely works
Fat chance
Open thread: If a government initiative on pies with less pastry and chip-free days won't work, what will?
Is the recession ruining our health?
Domino's pizza and KFC are thriving as demand for fast food soars. Jon Henley appraises the impact on the nation's waistline
The problem with sulphites
Victoria Moore: A small percentage of people are allergic to sulphites: headaches and coughing are typical symptoms