Coca-Cola’s sugar problem
This week the Coca-Cola Company confessed it - possibly - has a problem with sugar, as the first stage of being 'part of the conversation' about obesity. OK, Coke, this is what we've been talking about
Fast food and takeaways linked to surge in child asthma and allergies
Teenagers more likely to have severe asthma and eczema if they eat fast food more than three times a week, study shows
Why frozen raspberries are good for you
Good for you: In the first of a weekly series on seasonal, cheap ingredients, we praise the frozen raspberry
The antioxidant myth is too easy to swallow
Henry Scowcroft: People are hooked on the fallacy that 'antioxidant' is a byword for 'healthy' – perhaps because the truth is less appealing
Calls for expansion of scheme providing free breakfasts to hungry children
Boris Johnson launches £650,000 programme to provide healthy food to children in capital's most deprived boroughs
Change4Life advertising campaign highlights sugar and fat in food
Government TV campaign targets obesity after supermarkets agree voluntary 'traffic light' food labelling
Why January diets are doomed to fail
January is not the time to start a diet, it's a month to enjoy comfort foods. Save the salads for the summer, says Catherine Phipps
Should I stop drinking alcohol in January?
Some claim a booze-free month will do you good, but to protect your liver in the long term, you need to ensure a few dry days every week
Childhood obesity: Jeremy Hunt threatens food industry with legislation
Supermarkets and manufacturers told to get 'their house in order' or face laws to curb high levels of sugar and fat in food
Ban high-sugar cereals to tackle child obesity, says Andy Burnham
Labour targets foods that can be over one-third sugar as OECD report says English children are among fattest in Europe