Britain’s first live-in school for fat pupils
Overweight children will learn dieting tips as well as the three Rs at a new private boarding facility
Tanfastic? I don’t think so
Carrie Quinlan: What with schoolkids overdoing the fake tan, what's so wrong with just being the colour you are – even if it is grey?
Health: Breastfed babies more receptive to tastes, say food research scientists
Different foods in mother's diet cause subtle shifts in the flavour of breast milk tests show
Young pioneers in the frontline of NHS battle against obesity
Programme targets 2,000 families in Rotherham where one in three local children are clinically obese
The sex factor
Britain has the highest teenage-pregnancy rate in western Europe, but efforts to curb it through earlier sex education are enraging the rightwing press and making parents squirm. So how can schools get the balance right? Mary Braid investigates
Heart disease: US doctors back statins for 8-year-olds
Experts in UK, treating small numbers of high risk children, say wider use of drugs should be discussed
Minister calls for lunchtime lock-in at schools to stop rush for chippie
Shocking new research into schoolchildren's lunch habits adds to concerns over obesity
Experts want sex education from age four to cut teen pregnancies
Charities said children should be taught the names of body parts and about sex and relationships
Give four-year-olds sex education, say charities
Two leading sexual health charities are calling for children as young as four to be given compulsory sex education
Nutrition: High level of fat and salt in fun park food, says report
Children on school outings offered meals with 'overwhelmingly' high levels of fat, salt and sugar, report says