A new study indicates that a high-fat diet has proved effective in reducing seizures in children whose epilepsy does not respond to medication.

Manila, May 8 (DPA) Animal protection activists Thursday urged Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to adopt and publicly advocate a vegetarian diet as part of efforts to ease a food supply crunch and sky-rocketing prices.

It goes by many names. Founders of a group in San Francisco call themselves "locavores." Some folks in western Canada created what they call the "100-mile diet." The idea intrigued me and local-eating proponents sold me on the basic notion that if you can choose local food over stuff that has to be trucked to you over hundreds or thousands of miles, you're making a good choice.

The Los Angeles Police Department has hired a dietitian to help veterans and recruits alike to slim down. While overweight officers aren't unique to Los Angeles, the police department believes it's the first to hire a full-time diet coach.

About 50 Macaca mulatta monkeys at Ohama park in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture have been so overfed by tourists they are now massively overweight. Officials have been forced to put them on a strict diet. [Agencies]

Manila - Animal protection activists on Thursday urged Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to adopt and publicly advocate a vegetarian diet as part of efforts to ease a food supply crunch and skyrocketing prices. In an open letter to Arroyo,…

A 30-year-old mother who reportedly used her 12-year-old son to steal Alli diet pills was charged Tuesday with theft and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, according to a report released today.

A Course giving information on healthy lifestyles, diet and exercise is being held. The Living Well course is being run by College In The Community and is aimed at all ages. It starts on Monday and runs for five weeks. …

Gwyneth Paltrow ditched her strict macrobiotic diet in favour of ice cream, fish and chips and pints of beer, she has revealed.