Diets and dieting
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The fats and the furious: how the row over diet heated upLatest battle in food wars shows how passionate debate can be and how hard it is to reach any sort of simple truth
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Health Q&A: do women need more sleep than men?From female fatigue to late-night snacking, Luisa Dillner has all the answers
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The sugar conspiracyIn 1972, a British scientist sounded the alarm that sugar – and not fat – was the greatest danger to our health. But his findings were ridiculed and his reputation ruined. How did the world’s top nutrition scientists get it so wrong for so long?
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Hadley Freeman: if the cavemen did it or ate it, it’s got to be good for you. Right?Special praise is heaped on bone broth, presumably because the emphasis on ‘bone’ makes it sound a bit caveman-y
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When'sa your Dolmio day? 'Occasionally', new labels to sayMars Food’s pasta products, high in sugar and fat, to carry label advising shoppers that food is not for everyday consumption
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Why haven’t I lost weight after exercising? You asked Google – here’s the answerEvery day millions of internet users ask Google life’s most difficult questions, big and small. Our writers answer some of the commonest queries
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Obesity is the new smoking. So let’s treat it as suchThe sugar tax was a start – but on its own won’t beat the obesity timebomb. Tough action must be taken to show fat, salt and sugar are killers, like cigarettes
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Overweight mothers have larger babies, research suggestsObesity during pregnancy and higher blood sugar increase birth weight, while higher blood pressure makes babies smaller
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British teenagers among least satisfied in western worldStudy finds English, Welsh and Scottish 15-year-olds feel pressured at school, worry about weight and drink too much alcohol
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Why is America turning away from Weight Watchers? Because it's hard workA company that proposes eating less garbage and being disciplined has little chance against irritating fads that promise magical results
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Could a diet tailored to your DNA save your life?Some commercial nutrigenetics services will already test DNA and offer dietary advice. Is this the future of disease prevention?
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Why do so few novelists dare to write about being fat?Mona Awad’s absorbing novel 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl goes where few writers still dare – into the mind of a heavyweight woman
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Weight Watchers not feeling the Oprah 'effect' as membership continues to fall‘We are just scratching the surface’ on Oprah’s involvement, said the weight-loss program’s CEO but do fourth quarter earnings foreshadow the inevitable?
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Exercise alone won't cause weight loss, study showsExercise is important for health, but study suggests that activity alone does not necessarily burn extra calories, and that diet should be the focus of weight loss
Pass notes Between a rock and a lard place – is fat good for us, or what?