Pregnant women who eat a lot of sugar-laden food could be compromising their babies' development, new New Zealand research suggests.

Toddlers who have a diet high in processed foods may have a slightly lower IQ in later life, according to a British study described as the biggest research of its kind.

Gill South gets the lowdown on natural ways to improve your health and finds exercise is still number one.

Adults who drank plenty of the free milk supplied at schools when they were young have a reduced risk of bowel cancer, a study has found.

As parents, we all know energy drinks shouldn't be consumed by children. Yet they love them...

Pacific island nations now occupy the top seven places in the World Health Organisation's global obesity rankings.

It's a busy time of year, and sometimes it's hard to switch off at night - but there are ways to help yourself, writes Gill South.

Nutrition experts are warning about the potentially harmful consequences of a recently-revived diet based on hormones from human placenta.

Figures to be released at an obesity summit today indicate 72 per cent of Australians aged over 25 will have a weight problem in 2025.

Mark Walton-Cook offers a series of simple and sometimes surprising hints to help keep you trim throughout the party season.

The results of a hair allergy test mean a lot of sacrifices for Gill South, including giving up her favourite indulgence, choccy, for three months.

A healthy diet is pointless if nutrients are not absorbed, finds Gill South.

'First drop your pie' was the lesson for one of the Hastings crew who cycled into Parliament to prove their weight loss programme was working.

Six weeks ago rugby legend Buck Shelford was an overweight, pie-eating bloke for whom exercise was a distant memory.

To mark the start of "Movember", promoting men's health awareness, Gill South looks at the importance of good nutrition.

Pounding away on the treadmill at the gym and nibbling on lettuce leaves is not the secret to feeling fab for summer, says nutrition specialist Dr Libby Weaver.

Every week, Wendyl Nissen takes a readily available packaged food item and decodes what the label tells you about its contents.

With a cold threatening on the eve of a trip to Melbourne, Gill South fights hard to stay well.

It's promoted as beneficial to mum and baby, but a major Australian study has found no noticeable effect among women who took fish oil capsules during pregnancy.

So you want to lose weight for summer? Cancel the gym membership. As Emma John finds, an increasing body of research reveals exercise does next to nothing for you when it comes to shedding the kilos.