Pupils’ personal development ‘as important as maths’
Primary schools "should give equal weight to guiding children on healthy living, sex and drugs"
Competitive sport puts pupils off exercise, study says
Schools should cut down on competitive sport because it is undermining the government's drive to tackle obesity, researchers have warned
A more effective way of combating child obesity
Health inequalities are inextricably tied up with obesity in children - which is why the WHO's report is so important, says Anna Bawden
Teach primary school pupils about sex, say MPs
Cross-party group of MPs calls on the government to make advice on sexual health and relationships mandatory in all schools
Because they’re worth it
The children at Kids Company – some of them escaping drugs or abuse at home – are finding refuge in aromatherapy and acupuncture. Now hope is arriving from another unlikely source: Vogue's beauty director. By Stephanie Merritt
These Olympian feats can inspire our obese nation
Jackie Ashley: The achievements of our sports stars can do more for our youngsters than any number of food education programmes
‘My body is wrong’
Should children who believe they are transgender be helped to change sex? Viv Groskop meets the parents and doctors in favour of intervention
What’s the best way to get pregnant?
Fertility treatment no more effective than recommendations on when couples should have sex
How to tell parents their child is overweight
Are we right to protect parents from negative terms such as fat and obese, asks Sara Gaines
Health: Official letters to warn parents if their child is obese or overweight
Department of Health announce plans to tackle obesity epidemic but avoid 'negative' words