Nearly half of all the calories that toddlers eat in the United Kingdom come from ultra-processed food, according to recent research, and this number rises to 59 percent among 7-year-olds.

Despite progress over the past decades, child malnutrition remains high and adult obesity rates are increasing. Investments to scale up high-impact nutrition interventions could save the lives of 6.2 ...

Increased availability Eating a raw diet to avoid losing nutrients to cooking is not the answer. A study published back in 2008 in the British Journal of Nutrition found that following a strict ...

CALORIES MIGHT BE among the most misunderstood aspects of our health and the ways our bodies work. Are calories an enemy to be abstained from at all times? Why is there so much fixation on ...

If you are trying to shed a few pounds—and if it’s safe for you to do so—it’s helpful to have a basic understanding of calories. A calorie is technically defined as the amount of energy ...