New York City’s Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and his health team together with Weight Watchers President Dave Burwick yesterday announced Weight Watchers’ support for New York City’s plan to limit...

Australia’s two main supermarket groups, Coles and Woolworths, have each announced their intention to ensure their private label milks are all “permeate-free” milk. The ‘statements of intent’...

An international group of public health academics has collaborated in research finding that provocatively describes the role of big companies in low- to middle-income (LMIC) countries as a “manufacturing...

Researchers from the University of Melbourne and Austin Health have discovered that the liver can directly talk to the brain to control the amount of food we eat. Dr Barbara Fam from the University’s...

For over 40 years, scientists and physicians have thought eating a high-fibre diet lowered a person’s risk of diverticulosis. A new US study of 2,104 people shows this may not be accurate. The study,...

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine, in the United States, claim to have identified a human receptor that can detect fat – irrespective of taste. Their research suggests that some...

A UK-based independent research organisation, has predicted the food and drink trends set to make an impact in 2012. The top 10 food and drink trends identified by Leatherhead Food Research are: Health...

Australian and U.S. scientists claim to have demonstrated for the first time that a hormone that helps people feel “full” after eating can be delivered into the bloodstream orally. Scientists at Syracuse...

Introducing a tax on saturated fat in foods is “regressive” and is not the way to reduce obesity levels in Australia, the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) warned today. Yesterday, Australian...

In a world first, Denmark has introduced a tax on food products high in saturated fats. Despite the move sparking fresh calls for a similar tax law to be introduced in Australia, food industry opinion-makers...