High street lunch meal deals ‘can contain up to 30 teaspoons of sugar’
Health group criticises retailers including WH Smith, Tesco and Morrisons for mix and match deals containing calorific snacks
Firms pledge extra veg help for those struggling with five a day
Sales of vegetables are continuing to fall, but help is on the way from takeaways and stores as well as schools and the workplace
Poor diet is a factor in one in five deaths, global disease study reveals
Study compiling data from every country finds people are living longer but millions are eating wrong foods for their health
‘They should be much bigger’: the heavy toll of hunger on Madagascar’s children
Chronic malnourishment is causing profound damage to the minds and bodies of one in two children in Madagascar, leaving them too small for their age
Why we fell for clean eating
The long read: The oh-so-Instagrammable food movement has been thoroughly debunked – but it shows no signs of going away. The real question is why we were so desperate to believe it
A danger to public health? Uproar as scientist urges us to eat more salt
Exclusive: In a new book a US scientist claims eating more salt will make us healthier. But UK experts have condemned the advice as potentially dangerous
‘I should feel pleased the fast is having the desired effects but my life is boring’
In an extract from her new book Wellmania, Guardian Australia columnist Brigid Delaney recalls the agony – and unfortunate side effects – of a 15-day fast
Meet the chef who’s debunking detox, diets and wellness
Anthony Warner – alias blogger turned author the Angry Chef – is on a mission to confront the ‘alternative facts’ surrounding nutritional fads and myths
Bigger wine glasses make us drink too much, says researcher
Today’s glasses, 450ml compared with 65ml 300 years ago, encourage consumption, Cambridge scientist tells Hay festival
We abandon free school lunches at our peril
Comment: Free school meals are not just about providing basic nutrition – though too many children are relying on them for that reason – they are also a vital step in learning about food and wellbeing