Food addiction: does it really exist?
Research suggests that sugar and fat may be addictive – but the findings are controversial. Which foods do you find hardest to resist, and have you experienced withdrawal symptoms?
Heavy coffee consumption increases death rates in under-55s, study suggests
Scientists claim those in age group who drink average of more than four cups of coffee a day are at 56% greater risk of death from all causes
Fat profits: how the food industry cashed in on obesity
Ever since definitions of healthy bodyweight changed in the 1990s, the world has feared an obesity epidemic. But the food giants accused of making us fat are also profiting from the slimming industry.
The demon drink: war on sugar
Alex Renton reports on the new health war, and reveals why some fruit juices may be as bad for you as cans of fizz
Eat breakfast if you want to reduce your risk of coronary heart disease
Simon Roach: Breakfast reduces risk by a factor equivalent to exercising two or three times a week compared with not exercising at all
Should schools ban packed lunches? We ask school cooks, pupils and parents
Headteachers in England are being urged to ban packed lunches to ensure children eat healthy school dinners. What do school cooks, children and their parents think of the proposal?
School dinners: pupils given a taste of quality
Chips, over-boiled vegetables and packed lunches are banned from the Reach Academy free school, where the head eats with the pupils
Packed lunches: pupils face ban in new school food plans
No 10 aims to boost take-up of school meals as report by Leon suggests link between nutrition and academic performance
Margarine v butter: are synthetic spreads toast?
Sales of margarine are in decline, due to a combination of reformulated recipes, price, health and taste. Do you defend marge, or is butter simply better?
Labour unveils plan to promote food-growing culture in Britain
Plant fruit trees on housing estates and vegetable patches in schools to address 'nutrition recession', party says