Consumers’ fibs may explain diet paradox
Letters: Food purchasing surveys, like food consumption surveys, depend on people telling researchers honestly what they buy and eat. In this age of obesity, they lie about calories
Expenditure on food: nutritional slump
Editorial: If obesity can be traced to a deadly sin, it looks as if it may be sloth rather than gluttony that is to blame
Why pomegranate is good for you
Pomegranates store rich flavour in their deep red flesh and crunchy jewel-like seeds – and they are a tonic for a healthy heart
20% tax on sugary drinks would help cut obesity, researchers say
British Medical Journal paper calculates that a 20% tax would reduce number of obese UK adults by 180,000
Why onions are good for you
Good for you: onions – a secret nutritional superstar
Saturated fat to be cut in chocolate products, makers pledge
Products ranging from Kit Kats to breadsticks to belVita will contain less fat, but sugar levels will stay the same
Butter is bad – a myth we’ve been fed by the ‘healthy eating’ industry
Joanna Blythman: Medics are saying saturated fat may not be the devil incarnate. Just don't expect an apology from low-fat food purveyors
Butter and cheese better than trans-fat margarines, says heart specialist
Aseem Malhotra says saturated fat is not a problem, low-fat products are often full of sugar and statins are over-prescribed
Cooking for cancer: live chat with Rebecca Katz
We're chatting to the author of a cookbook designed specifically for cancer patients dealing with the side effects of treatment
Obesity experts appalled by EU move to approve health claim for fructose
Food firms using fructose will be able to boast of health benefits despite fruit sugar being implicated in soaring US obesity levels