Overweight septuagenarians are less likely to die within 10 years than people of "normal" weight in the same age group, an Australian study says.

It's not really a food story, but today we'll take a step away from the culinary to take our hats off to packaging.

A certain 'pop' culture icon has just turned 50, with Bubble Wrap celebrating its golden anniversary on January 26.

It's not what you eat, it's why you eat. Trying everything from meditation to Christianity, more and more women are facing up to the real reasons behind their unhappy relationships with food.

Alexithymia is a nerdy word for an inability to express feelings in words; it's a scientific way of describing a person who lacks emotional insight.

A major Queensland pub licensee who has switched a quarter of his 110 establishments to glass alternatives as a safety measure, says not one customer has complained.

The state government is encouraging all pubs to move to tempered glass or plastic after a spate of glassings, but has issued show cause notices to 77 venues where there have been repeated attacks.

My Kitchen Rules judge Manu Feildel knows his new cooking program will draw comparisons to hit show MasterChef.

But with teams of two cooking in their own kitchens in different states around the country, the latest amateur cooking contest has a very different feel, says the French chef.

Tassal is launching a major marketing campaign this month, which aims to change the way people think about and consume salmon.

The third venture from the team behind Toko restaurant, tokonoma shochu bar + lounge,opened in Sydney on 2 December 2009 - and with it came a new Japanese drinking trend - shochu.

Functional foods and dietary supplements with ingredients aimed at bolstering the immune system and optimizing brain functioning will be some of the key trends affecting the nutrition sector in 2010, according to research to be published in Nutrition Business Journal.

When Kirsten and Richard Searle finally were able to convince Denis Irwin to sell them Matawhero wines in Gisborne, they knew they had a job on their hands.

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