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Wendyl Wants to Know: Old fashioned baking with new worries

Study: Sugars could harm unborn baby

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

Study links junk food diet to lower IQ

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.

Wendyl Wants to Know: Chop chop to beat bodybuilders to these

<i>Gill South</i>: Ripe for a summer detox

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

<i>Wendyl Wants to Know</i>: Great for school lunches - sometimes

<i>Wendyl Wants to Know</i>: Just what's in those tasty little sausages?

School milk key to lower cancer - study

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.

Festive fitness

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

<i>Wendyl Wants to Know:</i> As good as they're cracked up to be?

<i>Gill South</i>: The sacrifice of a vice

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.

Finally, secret of lasting weight loss

Points pro

One mundane routine that this mother-of-two will never quite take to is restricting her diet in order to lose kilos of stored baby fat.

A slim chance of success

There are moments in life when you feel the universe is telling you - as politely as possible - that you have become a Fat Bastard.

<i>Duncan Gillies</i>: Watch out for those Mac deprived kids

Making sure the healthy stuff sinks in

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