Diet & Nutrition

Canadian researchers evaluated 215 children, aged 8 to 12, with eating problems. More than 15 percent of the kids made themselves vomit occasionally, and about 13 percent had bulimic-like behaviours.

Fifty-two percent of the children had been hospitalized at least once due to their eating problem, and 48 percent …

An Australian study casts doubt on the notion that a more gradual approach to weight loss is always the most effective route to take.

The study also found that whether you opt for a “crash” diet or something a bit slower, the rate at which you shed excess pounds has no bearing on whether or not those pounds will come back…

Professor Tim Noakes has changed the status of dairy products from “all-you-can-eat” to eat “with caution” after dieters complained that they weren’t losing weight quickly enough, the Sunday Times reported.

Noakes admitted that cream and yoghurt had been “quietly removed” from the green list on the Real Meal Revolution website, the weekly said…

This is the strongest sign yet that the upstart product is threatening to eat into raw-sugar demand.

In less than a decade, the sweet-tasting Stevia powder has stolen a big chunk of the $1.3-billion global market for artificial sweeteners as more health-conscious consumers use it in what they eat and drink…