In the recent study 564 menu items from coffee chains were examined only to find that 54 per cent of the cold beverages contained more than half of the recommended daily sugar intake in one serving. Other...

A Pricewatercoopers (PwC) report has found that Chinese citizens are eating 400 per cent more meat today than they were in 1971.   The increase in meat consumption has added to the average  total...

With the implementation of high profile sugar and soft drinks taxation in France in 2012, in Mexico in 2014 and Berkeley, California in January of this year, the global debate concerning the purpose and...

This article  is written by Cathy Pryor and is published with permission of ABC Radio National where the article first appeared. The original article  can be accessed here.   The World Health Organisation...

Israeli scientists have discovered that the immune system may play a key role in weight management.   As part of a study researchers found that mice lacking a certain immune cell gained weight and...

A new study has found the best evidence to date proving that people eat and drink more when large tableware is used.   The research from the UK’s University of Cambridge found that if large portions...

A new study predicts nearly a third of South Australian residents will be obese by 2019.   The research published in the latest Australia New Zealand Journal of Public Health says 28.7 per cent of...

Naturally purple-fleshed potatoes may aid in killing bowel cancer stem cells, according to a team of international researchers who found that compounds in the colourful veggie suppressed the spread of...

Health conscious Australians are making beetroot a kitchen staple according to AUSVEG’s Project Harvest consumer research.    Interest in beetroot has boomed among shoppers keen on in its nutritional...

Recent rapidly growing interest in protein content has been of particular benefit to the meat snacks market. Many products naturally high in protein are increasingly using high-in-protein or source-of-protein...