No evidence sugar-free soft drinks aid weight loss – study
Academics say no evidence to support perception that ‘diet’ drinks are healthier than full-sugar versions
How the world got fat: a visualisation of global obesity over 40 years
It’s hard to understand or even believe the contagious way that obesity has spread virally around the world - so Max Galka created this visualisation
Children consume half of daily sugar quota at breakfast – study
Public Health England launches barcode app after finding that under-10s consume three times the recommended limit
Let them eat nuts: dentists want office ‘cake culture’ to end in 2017
Royal College of Surgeons dental faculty also urges firms to provide fruit and nuts instead of biscuits at meetings
Counting calories this Christmas? Beware the pigs in blankets
Average person will consume 6,000 calories on Christmas Day, report says – but you can cut down and still eat well
Modern tribes: the Christmas clean-eater
If you serve Tallulah’s pumpkin, chia and toadstool faux-turkey porridge you’ll be giving your guests the best present of all: the gift of wellbeing’
Everything you ever wanted to know about hangovers (but were too queasy to ask)
The Romans treated hangovers with raw owls’ eggs; the Assyrians went for powdered birds’ beaks. Do any of the ‘miracle cures’ really work?
Should humans drink cow’s milk?
The consumption of cow’s milk is in decline as lactose intolerance does for dairy what gluten intolerance has done to bread. But if you are northern European, you are genetically modified to consume milk
Medical Medium: Life-Changing Foods by Anthony William – digested read
John Crace boils down a miraculous food plan that promises to heal through a divine voice – and radishes
Childhood obesity linked to irregular sleep and skipping breakfast
Study challenges view that soaring childhood obesity rates are caused solely by eating too much