Kiwis are drinking more alcohol and eating more bread, red meat and takeaways than a year ago, data from Southern Cross shows.

This product falls under the "why on earth is it here?" category.

A majority of Kiwi adults have shown some support in a survey for controls on how much sugar can be fed to us by the soft-drink industry.

A group of New Zealand scientists is gearing up to emulate the success of anti-tobacco campaigners by getting rid of sugar-flavoured soft drinks by 2025.

A new fad diet, called "teatoxing", is gaining popularity in New Zealand and prompting concern among dietitians and eating disorder advocates.

School starts across most of Australia this week, so parents and carers are breaking out the lunch boxes once again.

It used to be that sugar was the sweetest, most useful thing in our larder, a crystalline ambrosia that could make almost any food taste better and last longer.

I am using this jar of Strawberry Marshmallow Fluff to christen a new food category for my column called "Loud and Proud".

The future wellbeing of millions of Africans may rest in the unlikely hands of a vegan hippy scientist working for a sweet company who plans to map and then give away the genetic data of 100 traditional crops.

Children who eat the same meals as their parents are far more likely to have healthy diets than those who do not, according to research.

Today, we know that lifestyle and environment interact with diet to affect our health, writes Charlotte Martin.

I was asked to look into Nutella by a reader whose children consume "vast quantities" of this spread every day and who is concerned it might be bad for them, despite the fact that it is made out of hazelnuts.

Vincent Chen brews up a brilliant idea in the form of the world's most pure tea, grown here in Waikato.

The Government is more interested in Prince Charles' visit than in finding ways to combat the "major epidemic" of diabetes, nutrition and diabetes expert Prof Jim Mann says.

Each week, Wendyl Nissen takes a packaged food item and decodes what the label says about its contents.

Coffee can help your ability to process positive emotions, a new study reveals.

A mother has blamed her teenage son's secret energy drink habit for a breakdown in his mental health. He drank up to 16 cans a day.