Three recipes to help you spruce up summer packed lunches

It’s the season to stock up on refreshing berries and cooling snacks for the school day. Journalist Hannah Friend shares her favourite recipe ideas

Why is my hangover so bad?

It’s not just the booze giving you a hangover – it’s the microbes in your stomach

Native American tribes tackle diet and health woes with businesses built on traditional foods

Across the US, Native Americans are reclaiming their cultural cuisines to produce healthy and sustainable nutrition options within their communities

Small business in the spotlight … Claudi & Fin

Two mums teamed up to make frozen yoghurt lollies for their children when they couldn’t find a healthy alternative

Children are consuming energy drinks but are they being sold responsibly?

Energy drinks are often marketed as a natural part of a high-octane lifestyle but young people are ignoring warning labels and teachers are concerned

Can you guess how many teaspoons of sugar are in these foods? – quiz

Do you know how many teaspoons of sugar are in these food and drinks products?

Should your employer discourage junk food at work?

With so many of our daily calories eaten at work, employers are belatedly realising the importance of diet for health, wellbeing and productivity

The queens of greens: the new wave of cooks proving healthy food can taste great

From sweet potato brownies and sesame chicken salad to old-fashioned bone broth – you don’t have to sacrifice taste to eat well

China’s middle class turns to organics after food safety scares

In Beijing and Shanghai the number of specialist and boutique food shops selling organic food is growing, with many willing to pay a premium for good-quality, safe food

Food industry ‘responsibility deal’ has little effect on health, study finds

Firms agreed to make their products healthier, for example by reducing amounts of salt, but few have done so, researchers say