Diane Abbott to launch attack on hypersexualised culture

Labour shadow public health minister will discuss sexualisation of childhood in speech to the Fabian Society women's network

Calls for expansion of scheme providing free breakfasts to hungry children

Boris Johnson launches £650,000 programme to provide healthy food to children in capital's most deprived boroughs

Childhood obesity: Jeremy Hunt threatens food industry with legislation

Supermarkets and manufacturers told to get 'their house in order' or face laws to curb high levels of sugar and fat in food

Ban high-sugar cereals to tackle child obesity, says Andy Burnham

Labour targets foods that can be over one-third sugar as OECD report says English children are among fattest in Europe

Male circumcision: Let there be no more tragedies like baby Goodluck

Ally Fogg: The needless death of another baby boy highlights the urgent need for regulation and clinical control of male circumcision

‘I think of my egg donor every day’

Egg donation is an extraordinary, life-changing gift. But what is it like for those involved? We talk to a donor, recipients and a doctor

One in three primary school leavers is obese or overweight

Little progress made in drive to keep children's weight down, study suggests

Poland’s ‘baby hatches’ leave vulnerable mothers exposed

Sophia Deboick: Polish Catholics are defending hatches where unwanted babies can be left. But they can do more harm than good

Computer test could spot children at risk of developing depression

Test could be used to screen 11- and 12-year-olds, alerting doctors to those most likely to succumb to debilitating illnesses

‘Needs must’: family squeezed by coalition cuts and rising food bills

For the Millars of Mansfield belt tightening increased the temptation to buy cheap ready meals. Then the lethargy set in