25,000 Big Macs: burger a day keeps the doctor away (since 1972)
McDonald's restaurant in Wisconsin unfurls banner to mark loyal customer Don Gorske's 25,000th burger
Breastfeeding leads to better behaviour in children, researchers claim
Interaction between mother and child seen as significant factor in research based on Millennium Cohort Study
Diners tuck into a Dirt Banquet
Zoe Cormier: Guests ate bacterial jelly, mud cakes and a posset of whale expectorant as part of the Wellcome Trust's Dirt Season
Jamie Oliver’s brain food crusade runs aground as school dinners hit £2.60
Healthy meals mean better grades, insists television's top chef Jamie Oliver, but price rises put progress at risk
Food and class: does what we eat reflect Britain’s social divide?
The received wisdom is that the middle classes eat well and can cook. Poorer people are more likely to be overweight and live on ready meals. But is it really true? Report by Louise Carpenter
I mend hearts. Then I see my patients served junk food by our hospitals
Aseem Malhotra: The healthcare that clinicians offer is usually exemplary. Why, then, are the ill served such disgraceful food?
How vegetables can give you that golden glow
Scientists prove that your five a day make you more attractive – by subtly altering your skin colour
The inside track: fruit and vegetables
Your five a day doesn't have to be raw – cooking your fruit and veg may help you to get your vitamins and nutrients
The Livewell diet: it’s cheap, it’s nutritious and it could help save the planet
The Livewell Plate, a weekly menu compiled by nutritionists, sets out the ideal ingredients to balance healthy eating with sustainable food sources, at an average cost of £29 a person
Hidden the workings out? You might as well be a Raelian
Ben Goldacre: Sibling statistics, software secrecy and study shortcuts all show why scientific authority derives from transparency