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...

Hangoverville is a place nobody wants to visit, but the road towards it is one many of us end up taking.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Health experts are alarmed by the 'scary' number of overweight or obese preschoolers.

Improving the diet of our kids is something we all need to get on board with if we are to combat many of the chronic health issues facing us today.

Susan Edmunds has a few practical suggestions - and warnings - to achieve weight loss.

With just two months until the Auckland Marathon, Phil Taylor offers advice for those taking on the half marathon and 10km events.