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Health

Vegetarian children are slightly more likely to be underweight

A study of nearly 9000 children and their diets found that about 6 per cent of vegetarians were classed as underweight, compared with around 3 per cent of the meat eaters

News

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Life

Vampire bats adapted to drinking blood by shedding several genes

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People and food

Health

Cutting down meat and dairy could help you live up to a decade longer

News

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Health

Strength, balance and mobility are the best predictors of a long life

News

Have we got the science of obesity back to front?

Health

Have we got the science of obesity back to front?

Comment

How shifting your expectations about food can help you lose weight

Health

How shifting your expectations about food can help you lose weight

Features

Happier and Healthier

Health

Discover wellbeing through a science lens

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Environment

Buying fewer snacks and ready meals could slash US carbon footprint

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American food

Health

Highly processed junk food consumption is rising among US adults

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Humans

Eating to Extinction review: Are our bland diets bad for the world?

In Eating to Extinction, Dan Saladino argues that our health, our culture and the environment will suffer unless we broaden our dietary horizons

Culture

Health

Calories on food packets are wrong – it's time to change that

Comment

Health

We are witnessing an accelerated shift in how people view food

Comment

Health

Food allergies could soon become a thing of the past – here's why

Comment

Health

What you eat is influenced by the food choices of people you dine with

News

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