Depression and self-harm soar among private school pupils, poll suggests

Survey of headteachers finds problems including eating disorders are now at unprecedented levels, with social media and exam stress blamed

Miles ahead: school that fired starting gun on running revolution

The ‘daily mile’ completed by primary pupils in Stirling is said to aid concentration as well as fitness. Other schools across the UK are taking notice

30 stone at 13: meet the obese teenagers going under the knife

It’s drastic, dangerous and divides doctors – why are so many young Britons having gastric surgery?

Keep the dream alive: why waking up later is good for us all

Dr Paul Kelley says children are losing 10 hours of sleep a week – and it’s all down to a clash between school start times and teenage body clocks

Teens’ night-time use of social media ‘risks harming mental health’

Researcher says ‘digital sunset’ might improve sleep quality as separate study shows girls turn to social media when they’re anxious

Start school day at 11am to let students sleep in, says expert

Paul Kelley says young people are losing 10 hours’ sleep a week, and calls for 8.30am starts for primary pupils and 10 or 11am for teenagers

Child health subject to ‘shocking’ postcode lottery, says charity

National Children’s Bureau report shows under-fives in poor areas of England are far likelier to suffer bad health – but some locations buck the trend

Another reason I won’t have kids: fetal cells stay in your body long after birth

Every month brings a new study about how pregnancy, labor, breastfeeding or parenting affects a woman’s health, and often for the worse

Babies born in a recession ‘have worse health’

Icelandic study finds link between financial crisis and lower than average birth weights

Why Rick Guidotti turned his back on Cindy Crawford to challenge our perceptions of genetic diseases

Previously in the business of snapping supermodels, a chance meeting at a bus stop made this fashion photographer look again at young people affected visibly by genetic disease.