A diet that includes a moderate intake of fat and fruits and vegetables, and avoidance of high carbohydrates, is associated with lower risk of death, research with more than 135,000 people across five continents has shown.
Schools in three cities will serve 140,000 vegan meals per week.
An international study finds thousands of cases of type 2 diabetes could be prevented every year if people stopped drinking sugary drinks.
Levels are below FDA’s decades-old standards, but latest data says no level safe.
Shops should be transformed to drive customers towards buying healthy food and drink, according to a report by University of Stirling academics.
Some communities in the US - most notably New York City - have eliminated the use of trans fats in restaurants and eateries in recent years.
An 80 year old from the Tsimane group had the same vascular age as a person in mid-fifties, suggests a new report. The Tsimane people - a forager-horticulturalist population of the Bolivian Amazon - have the lowest reported levels of vascular aging for any population.
Recent research published in Molecular & Cellular Proteomics offers one glimpse into how cutting calories impacts aging inside a cell.
Older people who followed a Mediterranean diet retained more brain volume over a three-year period than those who did not follow the diet as closely, new research shows.
Younger adults are more likely than older adults to think organic foods are better for their health and to believe GM foods are worse.
As the population grows over the next 20 years half the world will be left malnourished, an independent panel of experts on food and agriculture warns.
