Five ways to have a healthier lunchtime

Choose your food carefully, don’t eat at your desk – and try for a quick burst of exercise

‘No food should be taboo’: how to tackle your child’s weight – without giving them a complex

A third of children are overweight or obese by the time they leave primary school. Here’s how parents can help them forge good habits and avoid creating lifelong insecurities

Room to grow: how allotment life can be the best therapy

When his wife became ill, Barney Norris found that growing his own food helped him through the trauma

Why Cadbury’s new ‘diet’ Dairy Milk is nothing to celebrate

Reducing the sugar content in a bar is just another reminder that chocolate is ‘bad’ – but I have a revolutionary diet that circumvents all these rules

Central London is Britain’s unhealthiest place to live, study finds

Great Torrington in Devon healthiest given factors such as pollution and fast-food access

Germans thirsty for alcohol-free beer as brewers boost taste

Rise in bars stocking 0% beers to meet demand of drinkers who wish to ditch the hangover

Science says it’s safe to drink 25 cups of coffee today – so why do I feel so grim?

A new study says a high intake of coffee does not damage your heart. But trust me, that doesn’t mean that you should do it

Telling meat-eaters bacon is off the menu won’t work – here’s a better way

It is time we asked people to focus on what they can have, not what they can’t, says reformed glutton Adrian Chiles

‘Great food, but please do something about the noise’ – the battle for quieter restaurants

Background noise in some eateries can reach the equivalent of a lawnmower or a motorbike. It’s enough to put you off your dinner

Table for one: how eating alone is radically changing our diets

From grazing on snacks to dining solo, a third of Britons now regularly eat every meal on their own. Is this fuelling the loneliness epidemic or providing hidden health benefits?