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Supermarkets and food retailers are today accused of failing to take responsibility for the UK's food-waste crisis, contributing to 15 million tons of produce being thrown away unnecessarily every year.

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Healthy eating can be a minefield - one food product is high-calorie but low sugar, the next, the complete opposite.

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Just when most of us had finally figured out how to get 'five a day' into our diets, we're now being told to ramp our daily fruit and veg intake up to seven portions. The increase, based on information provided by the Word Health Organisation, can lower the risk of serious health problems such as heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and obesity, according to the NHS.

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If you're looking to cut down on sugar, one of the worst things you can do is eat something sweet for breakfast - it'll simply set you up for a day of stinking cravings. Choose something savoury with a lot of protein to keep you feeling full and satisfied as well as nourishing your body.

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The big issue: A balanced diet is the key to staving off disease

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People genetically prone to obesity could be more likely to pile on weight from fried foods than those with lower risk, a study suggests. Eating fried food four times a week or more had twice as big an effect on weight for those with high genetic obesity scores compared to those with the lowest, Harvard researchers found.

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With 5:2 diet and intermittent fasting growing in popularity, where dieters have to limit calorie intake, it's important to know which food will leave you feeling full and which will leave you hungry for more. Susanna Holt, PhD, has developed the Satiety Index, a ranking system to measure different food's ability to satisfy hunger pangs.

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Healthy eating - whether you are trying to lose weight or simply boost your existing diet - can often be a minefield, especially with the experts fighting it out over saturated fat, sugar and protein.

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Getting in your 'five a day' has been drilled into most of us but new research reveals that seven helpings of fruit and vegetables may be more effective for health.

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People who regularly have two or more diet soft drinks a day could be up to 50 per cent more likely to die from heart disease, a new study has shown.

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 Jimmy looks at some more staple foods, including coffee, eggs, pork and cornflakes, and the world events that have affected their price

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Swapping butter for a sunflower spread may not lower heart risk, say British Heart Foundation researchers.

Contrary to guidance, there is no evidence that changing the type of fat you eat from "bad" saturated to "healthier" polyunsaturated cuts heart risk.

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Sugar is 2014's bogeyman, as stated in our recent article providing 12 easy tricks and tips on how to cut back on your sugar consumption. This sweet evil is to blame for diabetes, heart disease and rising levels of obesity, according to leading doctors and experts.

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Just as the Academy Awards celebrate 'superstars', nutritionists and health enthusiasts everywhere celebrate 'superfoods' - those stars of the food world that are packed with nutritional value. The latest addition to superfood status is a national British breakfast favourite - oats.

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It can be hard to keep up with all the bad news on sugar – or the smoking of our time as it's rapidly becoming known. It has become this generation's ticking time-bomb, leaving a trail of diabetes and obesity in its wake. Last week, the World Health Organisation added its voice to the fray, warning that sugar should make up just 5 per cent of our daily calorie intake, half what it had previously advised.

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New WHO guidelines must be translated into something meaningful to consumers, says director of Action on Sugar