Calorie labels on restaurant menus are negatively impacting people with eating disorders, according to a new study published today in the BMJ Public Health. The review, which is the first of its kind, ...

New research from Denmark reveals that a mother’s diet during pregnancy—characterized by a Western dietary pattern high in fat and sugar and low in fresh ingredients—may increase the risk of ...

Dr. Bob Rastall is Senior Tutor within the Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences at the University of Reading in the UK where he also holds the post of Professor of Food Biotechnology, teaching ...

With every bite of food we take, our intestinal immune system must make a big decision. Tasked with defending us from foreign pathogens, these exquisitely sensitive cells somehow distinguish friend ...

With every bite of food we take, our intestinal immune system must make a big decision. Tasked with defending us from foreign pathogens, these exquisitely sensitive cells somehow distinguish friend ...

A Cleveland Clinic study shows that patients with obesity and fatty liver-related cirrhosis who had bariatric (weight-loss) surgery significantly lowered their future risk of developing serious liver ...

Against the backdrop of an alarming increase in the number of people under 50 being diagnosed with bowel cancer, researchers are urging people to bump up their fibre intake and improve their eating ...

University of Iowa researchers are recommending that all patients be surveyed about their physical activity levels after a new study underscores the link between physical activity and chronic disease.