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Shameful legacy: Land dispossession, the destruction of indigenous food systems, the criminalisation of informal trade and the concentration of
food production and distribution were deliberate, legal acts, the effects of which endure today. Photo: Madelene Cronje

Mothers and caregivers need nutrition education to protect children in food-insecure environment

Health department aims to make healthier food choices easier as part of this year’s National Nutrition Week

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Karoo dust, diet & diabetes: Why ‘lifestyle disease’ is an unfair label

Diabetes is different from other non-communicable diseases, this author says. It can’t be spread in a literal sense and is instead often forced upon people by factors beyond…

World Obesity Day highlights the links between meals and mood

Many of the risk factors for mental and weight disorders are not simple to change. Knowing about the good effects of foods, which we can control, is very powerful

Eating the way nature intended

The impossible quest for purity

Linking a fad diet to notions of godliness is a path to hell for those who have a problematic relationship with food

How to lose weight on the millennial diet

When baby-boomers tell you how entitled and privileged you are, tell them they raised you and contributed to who you are now, writes Kiri Rupiah.

Festive spirit: Is it worth the weight?

For many of us, holiday time is drinking time, but shouldn’t we be giving our booze-bods a break?

Diets such as those of Tim Noakes don’t work better than traditional balanced diets according to a Stellenbosch University study.

Noakes-like diets don’t work the way they say they do – study

Low carb, high fat diets don’t work better than traditional balanced diets, according to a Stellenbosch University study.

Closer to us than we think: British primatologist Jane Goodall kisses a baby Cariblanco monkey while visiting Chile.

The free-ranging woman

Jane Goodall, who studied the apes for decades, says it is time for "mindful eating".

Nutritionist Pierre Dukan.

Dukan diet creator struck off medical register

Pierre Dukan, who retired last year, has been struck off the register for promoting his slimming diet commercially, in breach of regulations.

Why your diet is doomed to fail

Diets set you up for failure, says a new book, which claims the only way to stay slim is to wean yourself off sugar.

Do not do: New research reaffirms that sugar is one of the biggest obstacles to weight loss – and health in general.

‘Is sugar the new tobacco?’

At the Sugar Association of South Africa conference in Franschhoek, experts have argued whether sugar addiction is similar to that of cocaine.

Bolivian Carmelo Flores says he is 123 years old.

Bolivian says ancient diet kept him alive for 123 years

A farmer who claims to be 123 years old has attributed his long life to an ancient Andean diet of quinoa grains, mushrooms and coca leaves.

The new superdrug — food

The new superdrug — food

A TV programme is putting its health-giving properties to the test.

When people’s opinions make you unhealthy

When people’s opinions make you unhealthy

Discrimination against overweight people could very well be making them fatter, writes <b>Mandi Smallhorne</b>.

Dietary supplements: food for thought

The popularity of supplements has grown markedly in South Africa.

Africa lagging behind in getting five-a-day

Africans are not eating enough fruit and vegetables, a critical problem on a continent where obesity, diabetes and heart disease are very concerning.

Twist to Dickens’s hungry hero

Oliver Twist wouldn’t have needed any more gruel in real life, scientists said on Thursday.