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Will new junk food legislation work?

The UK government’s long-awaited junk food advertising restrictions have come into force at the start of 2026

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How to make pizza healthy

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How to make pizza healthy

Most pizza is ultra-processed – and we should eat less of this type of food. But if you make your own, it can be a much healthier choice and the possibilities are endless.

Are plant-based meat alternatives better for us?

Are plant-based meat alternatives better for us?

Plant-based food replicates the taste of nuggets, burgers & sausages using plants or fungus. They’re increasingly popular – but are they any healthier?

New findings show ‘lack of motivation’ and ‘feeling too tired’ stops Brits from being healthier

New findings show ‘lack of motivation’ and ‘feeling too tired’ stops Brits from being healthier

Meet the researcher: Alina Vrieling

Alina is a bladder cancer Assistant Prof and passionate about our health

Can a Mediterranean diet support cancer treatment?

Can a Mediterranean diet support cancer treatment?

Study on skin cancer finds patients who followed a Mediterranean diet more closely benefited most from treatment.

New policy tools challenge Europe to act against youth obesity

New policy tools challenge Europe to act against youth obesity

Our new policy indexes show the status of nutrition & physical activity policy in Europe and enable young people to advocate for better policies to tackle obesity.

How to cook cabbage, kale and broccoli

How to cook cabbage, kale and broccoli

Find out which vegetables are in the brassica family, how to cook brassicas

In sickness and in health

In sickness and in health

Ken & Shirley have enjoyed 68 years of marriage, but for many of those years, both of them have been facing a cancer diagnosis.

New tools show big gaps in nutrition and physical activity policies in Europe

Why I ran a 10k for cancer prevention

Raffaella Masselli shares what inspired her to run a 10,000m race to raise money for our cancer prevention and survival work

Exercise snacking: how short bursts of activity could cut your cancer risk

Exercise snacking: how short bursts of activity could cut your cancer risk

Exercise snacking is a new approach to physical activity, which focuses on short bursts a couple of times a day, rather than, say, going on a run or heading to the gym for an hour.

Clubbercise founder Claire on life after bowel cancer

A bowel cancer diagnosis during lockdown shocked our supporter Claire Burlison to the core.

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