Meal of a lifetime: what to eat at every age

From training toddlers to socialising septuagenarians – here are the ideal ingredients to eat healthily at every stage of life

Burn, baby, burn: the new science of metabolism

Losing weight may be tough, but keeping it off, research tells us, is tougher – just not for the reasons you might think

Food myths busted: dairy, salt and steak may be good for you after all

A new Swedish study says decades of official dairy wisdom is wrong. Here, a nutrition expert examines more science that questions standard health advice

More than half of snacks marketed as healthy are high in fat, salt or sugar

Action on Salt assessed 119 snacks including lentil curls and chickpea chips, finding some to be saltier than seawater

‘It was far less evil’: is the CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet just another diet?

It might be marketed like other diets, but the revamped Total Wellbeing program still keeps evidence-based research at its foundation

Fit in my 40s: protein boosts fitness, but who wants to eat a kilo of chicken a day?

Powders are the way forward – you can even bake with them

How ultra-processed food took over your shopping basket

The long read: It’s cheap, attractive and convenient, and we eat it every day – it’s difficult not to. But is ultra-processed food making us ill and driving the global obesity crisis?

Greggs, guilt and glucose: what I’ve learned from a life of dieting

I’ve spent decades trying every fad and detox, looking for the magic formula for weight loss

‘I used to eat for convenience’: how young diabetics reversed their diagnosis

It’s a disease affecting millions of people in the UK – and sufferers are increasingly in their 20s or even younger. But it is possible to bring it into remission

Five ways to maintain healthy bowels

Diet is crucial, but don’t forget to exercise, reduce your stress levels – and go when you need to go