Most people don't think about fat insects or hibernating animals when they talk about the cause of obesity, so it's refreshing to see a book that tackles obesity as a normal process that all animals have learned.

Sweetie, you have been so very sweet to me over the years and I really enjoyed your company so many times. But I have bad news for you today: I'm ...

Taste buds can be rehabilitated. They are, in fact, very malleable little fellas: When they can't be with a food they love, they can quite readily learn to love the food they're with.

New research suggests fructose may not be so bad after all for diabetics -- rather, it's having too much of it that may wreak havoc. St. Michael's...

Excess dietary sugar is harmful, and among the salient liabilities of the modern food supply. Sugar is not poison, however. And yes, I think the distinction matters enough to keep fighting for it. Here's why.

Even if we were to isolate sugar as public health enemy number one, its regulation would draw us into challenging subtleties.

In recent years, one particular processed food ingredient, known as high-fructose corn syrup, has been singled out as a possible health risk.

Eating a lot of foods and drinks sweetened with fructose significantly raises a person's risk of having high blood pressure, U.S. researchers said Thu...

Pancreatic tumor cells use fructose to divide and proliferate, U.S. researchers said on Monday in a study that challenges the common wisdom that all s...

Sugar and its dangers are in the news again, thanks to ABC's popular show, Nightline, which, last night, aired a compelling story spotlighting sugar's role in the obesity crisis.

Agave nectar syrup is a triumph of marketing over science.

For a doctors' group to take a six-figure sum from Coke is like accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars from Big Tobacco to create a physician-approved website claiming cigarettes are part of a healthy lifestyle.