Grade raps junk food TV ad ban
VLV conference: ITV chief Michael Grade has accused regulators of a 'knee-jerk' reaction to obesity by imposing restrictions on junk food TV ads. By Tara Conlan.
Super foods
Next time you fancy a handful of nuts, reach for almonds, brazils or walnuts. Almonds are one of my favourites, partly because of their versatility. They are delightful on their own, shelled, roasted or, less healthily, sugared. They can also … Continue reading
Superfoods
Amanda Grant: Leeks are one of the few foods that contain prebiotics (others include garlic, onions, artichokes and asparagus).
The great diet test
The new year brought a raft of new weight-loss books - but do any of the diets work? We asked eight Guardian readers to test 2007's most-hyped eating plans for a month, and a dietician to work out which were the healthiest ... with some surprising results.
Eating through the ages
Boiled cow's udder, anyone? Or a ragout of pig's ear? Norman Miller leafs through chef Anton Mosimann's extraordinary library of antiquarian cookbooks.
‘I was entirely alone’
Anorexia is seen as a 'women's problem'. But eating disorders in men are widespread and on the increase. Tom Dodds, 19, tells how his quest for a 'manly' body became an obsession that almost killed him
Junk food ad rules too watered down, say health groups
· Regulations to be phased in over two years· Commercials will still be shown pre-watershed
Ofcom confirms under-16s ‘junk’ ad ban
10.30am update: Ofcom has stood by its decision to extend a junk food ad ban to all under-16s programming. By Mark Sweney.
Radical ruling proposed on food advertising
3.30pm: The Committee for Advertising Practice is close to ratifying a plan to introduce advertising restrictions on almost all food and drink in non-broadcast media. By Mark Sweney.
How eating fish during pregnancy could make baby brainier. (Just stay off the shark)
· Study of 9,000 families points to value of seafood
· Finding contradicts official advice to limit intake