The greaseless spoon

Guildford Council plans to enforce healthy options on snackbar menus. A sensible move or a step too far?

Lean machines

A healthy lifestyle and balanced diet at work could make you up to 20% more productive, says Siobhan O'Neill

Obesity crisis fuelled by lack of cooking skills, Oliver warns

Jamie Oliver has said the government needs to invest £6.5bn in culinary education and appoint a minister of food

Disease on rise as food use-by dates ignored

Health experts blame rise in listeriosis on chilled ready-to-eat snacks left in fridges for too long

Hot drinks encourage warmer feelings

A steaming hot drink may be all it takes to see world through rose-tinted glasses, psychologists have found

Think you know what’s good for you?

Researchers in the US have devised a simple guide to nutritional values of everyday foods - with some surprising results. Emine Saner reports

Biting back at Oliver’s empire

Councils are buying into TV chef Jamie Oliver's big ideas, but some people find them hard to swallow. By Helen Pidd

Fast food chains to help calorie counters

Pizza Hut and KFC plan to post nutrition information on menus in their US restaurants

Try some of Nora’s recipes yourself

Nora's recipes for baked macaroni cheese and pick n mix burgers, from her new book Nora's Dinners

Fresher food for freshers: Jamie Oliver’s dinner lady cooks for students

New students at the University of Hull are being taught how to cook by Nora Sands, the straight-talking dinner lady from Jamie's School Dinners