27 January 2023
A study has suggested that the UK’s 2018 sugar tax prevents 5000 cases of obesity among 10 to 11-year-old girls in England every year, but the picture may be rather more complicated than that
4 August 2021
Encouraging food manufacturers to voluntarily reduce the calorie content of their food doesn’t work, according to an analysis of data collected in the UK
12 December 2019
Geneticist Giles Yeo takes a closer look at claims made by popular diets, including the Paleo diet and the clean-eating movement
10 October 2019
A proposal to ban snacks on public transport has appeared in a UK government report. But it doesn't seem based on evidence, and the government won't discuss it
1 February 2019
Most Westerners are overweight but it is not their fault. Eric Robinson points the finger at the food industry.
16 August 2018
People following low-carb diets have been found to have a higher risk of mortality, except when people shun animal fats and protein too
14 June 2018
Foods that are high in both carbohydrates and fats super-charge the activity in our brain’s reward centre, explaining why we find them so appealing
6 March 2018
Public Health England is launching new schemes to reduce people’s calorie intake, but history suggests they won’t solve the growing obesity problem
28 February 2018
There's a danger that if society condemns all processed food as bad then research into its many potential benefits will be hampered, warns Nicola Temple
21 August 2017
The latest push to tackle growing waistlines among England's children is a call to cut calories in junk food. It won't work wonders, warns Tom Sanders
