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

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

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

TV chefs’ recipes may be less healthy than ready meals, study finds

Researchers say recipes from Jamie Oliver and Nigella Lawson contain more calories and fat than meals from supermarkets

Vitamin D should be added to more foods, doctors urge

Health professionals recommend awareness campaign to combat rise of diseases such as rickets and multiple sclerosis

UK’s food poverty revealed: nutrition falls as fruit and veg prices rise

Annual food survey shows that households are ditching fresh, healthy foods and 'trading down' to counter rising prices

Health hazards of a migrant breakfast

Hugh Muir: Immigrants to the UK from Jamaica often eat traditional, wholesome West Indian dishes, but the modifications they are forced to make increase their risk of diabetes and high blood pressure

Should I eat less fruit?

We have always been told that fruit is good for us, but some new research may make you look twice at your breakfast grapefruit