Dr Dillner’s health dilemmas: should I give herbal remedies to my children?

Parents have been advised not to give echinacea to their children, but what about other alternative medicines?

Sport and children in charts: how active are Britain’s kids?

It may be an Olympic summer, but how much sport do Britain's children actually do?

Ahead of the international Aids 2012 conference, a film made by young people with parents affected by HIV and Aids gives their moving accounts

Deborah Taffler: The tobacco industry depends on attractive packaging to draw in young recruits as the old ones die

Celebrity chef condemns education secretary's plan to investigate school dinners as unnecessary and a waste of time

Deborah Orr: Trying to warn children off succumbing to body image pressures is no good if so many adults succumb to them

Deputy children's commissioner says social networking, mobiles and hardcore porn contributing to child sexual exploitation

Proponents say hatches for unwanted newborns result in fewer deaths, but critics say counselling for mothers is preferable

Young people need comprehensive sexuality education, which will help them make more informed decisions, says Doortje Braeken

Fears grow that rising levels of vitamin-D deficiency may be leading to more cases of rickets being misdiagnosed as child abuse