Consuming toxic chemicals with our fast food? Chemicals of concern found in one third of fast food packaging tested

While enjoying fast food, many people feel some pangs of guilt at the calories and salt they are consuming.

Two thirds of public back "activity equivalent" calorie labelling to tackle obesity crisis

Vast majority unaware of time it takes to walk or run off the calories in food.

Shift focus from calorie counting to nutritional value of foods for heart health, say experts

Clinicians have failed to act for far too long. but human and economic toll make this unaffordable, they argueIt’s time to stop counting the calories, and instead start promoting the nutritional…

Reduced risk of heart disease associated with replacing saturated fat with polyunsaturated fat

People who swap 5% of the calories they consume from saturated fat sources such as red meat and butter with foods containing linoleic acid – the main polyunsaturated fat found in vegetable oil, nuts…

Walking Minutes Help People Make Healthier Menu Choices

When menus present them with how many minutes of brisk walking it takes to burn off the calories contained in different food options, people tend to choose lower calorie meals. These were the findings of a new study presented at the Experimental Biology 2013 meeting in Boston on Tuesday…

Late Lunching Can Slow Weight Loss

A new study suggests if you are trying to lose weight, then you shouldn’t just keep an eye on the calories you consume, but also when you consume them: if lunch is your big meal of the day, then a tendency to eat it later means you will lose weight more slowly and lose less of it, than if you ate it earlier…

How To Stay Fit And Trim This Thanksgiving – 15 Tips

Estimates for calories consumed during a Thanksgiving dinner range from 3,000 to 5,000. What most nutritionist today agree with is that the core of the meal itself is not where most of the calories are, but rather all the other goodies that come with it…