Adopting a low-fat diet and foregoing guilty pleasures such as crisps and fry-ups may not be the best way to slim, a study has found.

Coca-Cola is to adopt the British Government’s voluntary front-of-pack nutrition labels in a turnaround in response to consumer support for the scheme.

OVERWEIGHT patients told by their doctors to go to Weight Watchers lose around twice as much weight as people receiving standard weight loss care over 12 months, according to a study.

DISCIPLES of the Atkins diet are gambling with their future health, a top nutrition expert said yesterday.