The results from a recent study presented at the European Congress on Obesity suggest that the rise in obesity could lead to an increase in the prevalence of dementia.

Researchers from the University of Cambridge, UK have investigated if there is any evidence to support the claimed link between food addiction and obesity.

A new UNICEF report, Report Card 11, puts the Republic of Ireland (ROI) and the UK in 10th and 16th position respectively in a league table of child well-being in the world's richest countries.

The increasing concern about future global food security and climate change has been the drive behind the renewed interest in the concept of a healthy and environmentally sustainable diet.

Today the Department of Health launched Healthy Ireland, a new government framework for action to improve the health and wellbeing of people living in Ireland.