A new report by the Centre for Science in the Public Interest in Canada, Writing on the Wall: Time to put Nutrition Information on Restaurant Menus (click here >> ) draws attention to the need for restaurants to post calorie and other nutritional information...

Several recent news stories have suggested that existing health guidance about weight loss is inaccurate, following reports that scientists at the US National Institutes of Health have developed a new, more realistic strategy for those of us attempting to lose...

A research letter published in JAMA has highlighted a significant fall in levels of trans fatty acids in the US population. The CDC’s National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey measured blood samples in 2000 and again in 2009, and found that levels of the...

To maintain heart health, the British Heart Foundation recommends 30 minutes of exercise, five times a week, and suggests that time-strapped people may split their exercise into two 15-minute sessions during the day if necessary. The American Heart Association...

As the world’s population becomes urbanised, with city populations growing by about a million people every week, urban health becomes increasingly important – an estimated 75 per cent of the population will be living in cities by 2050. The World Heart Federation...

According to a recent UK cohort-study published in Diabetologica, women with diabetes are at higher risk of delivering babies with a congenital birth defect.  This important research was jointly funded by the Department of Health, Diabetes UK, the Healthcare Quality...