Food for a healthy birth
Women who are underweight find it difficult to conceive, as do those who are overweight, but the latter are more likely to suffer from complications during pregnancy.
Can popping fish-oil pills stop this tantrum?
Since a compelling experiment was shown on the BBC's Child of Our Time last week, sales of Omega-3 supplements have rocketed. But, asks Ian Sample, are behavioural problems so easily solved?
Hey, sugar
Sick of Atkins? Don't worry, there's a new diet in town - which could have health benefits for us all. Lucy Atkins on the glycaemic index approach to eating.
The fat controller
Obesity expert Andrew Prentice talks to David Adam about malnutrition, food myths, and why the world is eating itself to death.
The perfect school lunchbox
Research says most packed lunches have too much salt, fat and sugar. Nutritionist Toni Steer says it doesn't have to be that way.
War of nutrition
The NHS is doomed to fail, says health guru Patrick Holford, unless it addresses the true cause of illness - our diet. By Lucy Mayhew.
Can fresh fruit really help you beat cancer?
More and more cancer patients are turning down radiation and chemotherapy in favour of a vitamin-rich diet. Doctors have relied on drugs and surgery for too long, brushing aside the importance of feeding patients properly writes Carmen Wheatley.
Joint venture
Osteoarthritis is a natural consequence of ageing. But, says Doctor John Briffa, nature may hold the key to its treatment.