When Chloe Van Dyke concocted her first batch of chia seed drinks three years ago, the target market was her sports-mad family.

There is a scene in the 2013 film Escape Plan where Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone face off against one another in a canteen.

A NZ health organisation is urging restaurants to offer healthier meals for children after research revealed a lack of nutritious food options.

Health Ministry advises striking coconut-oil from recipes for good of our arteries.

An online test has been created to reveal your risk of serious diseases such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease or bowl problems.

You may be throwing out some of the best parts of fresh produce. Here's how to get more out of your veges and ease up on waste.

A breakfast treat once thought to be bad for your health has now been shown be part of a healthy, well-balanced diet.

A high salt intake may be linked to obesity, regardless of how many calories are consumed, experts have suggested.

Scientists have found commercial baby foods are so sweet that toddlers never learn to appreciate bitter flavours.

Many will have a memory of sitting miserably at the table being forced to eat what was on the plate before being allowed to get up, Niki Bezzant writes.

If we try to solve the obesity crisis by prioritising exercise programmes over strategies to change the way we're eating, we will get nowhere.

Not only do some forms of tofu have crazy amounts of calcium sulfate but tofu may also be lowering my sex drive, worries Jack Tame.

Change needs to come from the boardrooms of the people who produce the sugary food which is slowly poisoning our children, writes Paul Little.

Hands up if you know someone who's "gone paleo". Yep, thought so. This diet is like a new religion.

Intermittent fasting may have anti-ageing benefits.

Nutrition celebrities often promote "fad diets". In fact, they often demonstrate a misunderstanding of biochemistry and other basic nutrition science.

Every month it seems a new diet trend pops up, promising to answer all of our health, weight and bloating issues. Social media is awash with self-proclaimed health experts and celebrities with "revolutionary" theories about new ways of eating.

With more children coming to school hungry, a scientific study will for the first time guage the impact nutrition — or lack of it — has on learning.

I woke up last Sunday morning determined to make a yeasty fruit bread. I envisaged a cosy afternoon with a good book, a cup of tea and some fruit toast.

This tempting little bag of fruity bites was displayed next to the strawberries and other fresh fruits in my local supermarket.

It's thumbs down for the caveman diet.

Kiwi men are being encouraged to get off the couch and become more active in a new initiative being launched today.

Kiwis are very keen on crackers. Everyone likes a quick snack of crackers and cheese, and it should be a healthy snack.

Cured meats such as biltong and jerky are becoming increasingly popular because they give you a low-calorie meal of protein which is low in fat and carbohydrate free.

Coating chicken or fish with breadcrumbs is a great way to add flavour to your dinner.

I am a big fan of any food producer that attempts to replace sugar with a natural alternative.

I hope readers of this column spend a bit of time looking at ingredients when shopping for their food. But how many of us bother to spend the same amount of time checking out our pet's food?

The old Sony factory in Japan's Miyagi Prefecture is up and running again. But this time it's an indoor farm that is the largest of its kind.