Last week, the Daily Mail reported that McDonald's in America has responded to a segment in Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution by removing an ingredient called "finely textured lean beef trimmings" from its burgers.

This luxurious-sounding product is in fact another form of 'reclaimed meat', where meat processors try...

Listening to some foodie types, you would think that anything that has been remotely industrially processed was as deadly as nerve poison. Yet even food snobs eat plenty of processed food. It's just the right kind of processed food.

A great illustration of the fact that there is nothing wrong,...

The latest edition of medical journal The Lancet features a special series of articles on the problem of obesity. As the front cover declares: 'The conclusions are unambiguous. We need collaborative changes in many aspects of our environment to avoid the morbid consequences of overweight and obesity.'

The...