A "sleep diet" may be the best way to slim for someone with an inherited tendency to put on weight, research suggests. Sleeping more than nine hour...

Worried about levels of heart attack-inducing animals fats in your diet? Well, Chinese scientists have cloned a genetically modified sheep containing ...

Millions of people who take dietary supplements to ward off cancer may be toying with a "two-edged sword" that might do them harm, experts have warned...

While the cold April rain might have you thinking otherwise, Summer is just around the corner - and Brits planning to get their bodies in swimsuit sha...

As Britain enters hay fever season, pollen from trees and plants, especially birch, is beginning to cause major problems for allergy sufferers across ...

Scientists are on the lookout for men to eat burgers - so they can test the health benefits of beetroot. Researchers at the University of Aberdeen ...

Giving birth at home may be the safest and cheapest option for women who already have children, a study claimed today. University of Oxford researc...

It's easy to be suspicious of overweight people who claim not to be able to say ‘no’ to food. Yet, according to new research by Dartmouth Universi...

DNA testing of traditional Chinese medicines has shown that many contain traces of endangered animals. Scientists who analysed 15 samples of powder...

More than a quarter of patients are malnourished when admitted to hospital, says a new report by the British Association of Parenteral and Enteral Nut...

Want to be more beautiful, thinner or have better concentration? Well, go online and you'll find a pill to cure your 'ailment'. But according to a new...

Tax-payers face a bloated bariatric surgery bill from Laura Ripley, a 28-year-old from Hastings whose weight-loss operations have become cause for con...

Following the research by the Oregon Research Institute that Häagen Dazs ice cream can be as addictive as cocaine, we wondered if these unsavoury g...

If you still feel an urge for more after polishing off a tub of ice cream, you may be experiencing addiction cravings similar to those of dependent dr...

If you usually deal with niggling aches and pains by popping a pill or reaching for the medicine cabinet, you’re not alone. According to research...

Vegetarians who avoid eating animal products could be unwittingly consuming hidden gelatin in medicines, a study has warned. Researchers from Manch...

Are you the kind of person who feels guilty after each bite, or someone who likes to source your food locally and ethically - or from the freezer stra...

An ambulance service based in West Sussex and Surrey has spent £400,000 on three vehicles designed to carry obese patients weighing up to 50 stone. ...

If you’re on a calorie-restricted diet, you might want to look away now – because scientists have discovered that losing weight will be twice as h...

Starving yourself once or twice a week could help protect the brain against degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, claim a gro...

Britain’s fattest woman Brenda Flanagan-Davies tips the scales at 40-stone and has got so big, she hasn’t been able to leave the house in four yea...

Forget alternative Valentine's Day gifts or bizarre presents they'd rather forget - tickle your Valentine's taste buds with foods that are loaded with...