An approach by the SA Health Department to ban high fat, sugar or salt (HFSS) foods from department events and meetings is a heavy-handed and naive solution to the nation’s complex obesity problem,...

Has the long-sought magic potion in society’s “battle with the bulge” finally arrived? An appetite-control agent that requires no prescription, has no common side effects, and costs almost...

Australia’s food manufacturing sector and Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) retailers have already made strong inroads in addressing obesity through making foods healthier, reducing advertising to children...

PepsiCo stands to benefit from “significant” investment in functional and healthy products, amid tightening restrictions on the marketing of ‘junk foods’ to children, the head of...

From today, all primary and secondary schools across Australia can register for the Coles Sports for Schools program to get new sporting equipment for their school. Launched at Carlton Gardens Primary...

Whole Foods Market, the leading natural and organic foods supermarket in the U.S., its shoppers and Chef Ann Cooper, the nation’s “Renegade Lunch Lady,” have joined forces for a second...

Popeye cartoons, tasting parties and junior cooking classes can help increase vegetable intake in kindergarten children, according to new research published in the journal Nutrition & Dietetics. Researchers...

Get up, get active and eat healthily – that’s the message being delivered to tens of thousands of Victorian Government school students through the popular Go for your life programs.Education...

A mandatory strategy to phase out junk food in vending machines and canteens through Queensland Health facilities has been slow to take effect, with an evaluation revealing that only one in four facilities...

Sainsbury’s launched its brand new online diet club, http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/diets, for those who struggle to find the time to attend a regular slimming club, or who prefer to lose weight from...