Early-bird special: could eating your dinner at 5pm help you lose weight?

According to a new study, having your main meal in the early evening can help the pounds drop off – and it might also make you bang on trend

At 34, I’m fitter than I have ever been – no thanks to the fat shamers

Like many women, my body has always felt like public property. Last year, I decided the two of us needed to work on our relationship, writes actor and comedian Evelyn Mok

Have your cake and eat it: how to cut down on sugar

As a doctor and baking columnist Tamal Ray was better placed than most to understand the pitfalls of his lifelong sugar crush. How can even the most sweet-toothed among us cut down?

Poor sleep may hinder attempts to maintain weight loss, study finds

Trial seems to add to body of evidence about health risks of not getting enough sleep or poor quality sleep

Last rites? Supermarkets’ annual Easter egg bonanza to end

Shoppers may soon have to hunt for chocolate eggs as anti-obesity law dictates how and where unhealthy foods can be sold

Middle-age spread: it might not be as bad as you think

According to new data, some obese people are healthier than others because they store fat under the skin, not around their vital organs

Burn, baby, burn: the new science of metabolism

Losing weight may be tough, but keeping it off, research tells us, is tougher – just not for the reasons you might think

Anti-obesity scheme to offer voucher rewards for healthy living

Government to launch pilot in England in January, aimed at motivating people to lose weight

Food myths busted: dairy, salt and steak may be good for you after all

A new Swedish study says decades of official dairy wisdom is wrong. Here, a nutrition expert examines more science that questions standard health advice

Exercise can help prevent cancers, new research finds

Obesity could soon overtake smoking as the main preventable cancer risk