Why I’m standing by our study of dietary health claims in newspapers

Ben Goldacre responds to criticism of research into the validity of dietary health claims made in UK newspapers

Ben Goldacre’s study of dietary news should be taken with a pinch of salt

James Randerson: Research claiming that up to 72% of dietary health claims reported in UK newspapers are based on flimsy evidence is itself unreliable

A bucket of chicken? That’s a proper guilty pleasure

Bad food most definitely has its place, writes Jay Rayner

The inside track… on eating carbs

High-protein diets are all the rage, but the human body still needs carbohydrates

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?