Childhood obesity: is it being taken seriously?

Childhood obesity has soared in the past 3 decades, meaning more children are at risk of obesity-related illnesses. But is the condition still overlooked

Survey of ready-to-eat salads exposes high salt content

Despite a large reduction in average salt content over the past decade, many food stores and restaurants in the UK are still loading their salads with unhealthy quantities of salt.

The role of dairy in maintaining adult bone and skeletal muscle health

Understanding that diets are often built around food groups rather than specific nutrients, researchers from Switzerland, France, and North America decided to examine interactions between four…

Soy may help women’s hearts if they start early

A diet rich in soy may help feminine hearts, but timing matters, finds a new study. “This study underscores how important it is for women to get into the best cardiovascular shape they can before menopause. The healthy habits they start then will carry them through the years to come,” says one expert.

‘Five portions of fruit and veg a day are enough’

A new study has found that five portions of fruits and vegetables a day is the optimum amount for lowering the risk of death from all causes, conflicting with previous research.

Five daily portions of fruit and vegetables may be enough to lower risk of early death

Eating five daily portions of fruit and vegetables is associated with a lower risk of death from any cause, particularly from cardiovascular disease, but beyond five portions appears to have no further effect, finds a new study.

Eating tree nuts results in ‘modest decreases’ in blood fats and sugars, survey finds

Eating tree nuts appears to help reduce two of the five markers for metabolic syndrome, a group of factors that raise the risk for heart disease and other health problems such as diabetes and strokes, a new research paper says.