Diet: Women warned that junk food in pregnancy may hit child’s health
Researchers say experiment on rats applies to humans, and mother's bad diet can lead to overweight offspring
The Well Baby Clinic is aptly named. If there’s anything wrong with your child they can’t do a thing to help
Zoe Williams: These clinics don't really do anything apart from make babies cry by taking all their clothes off and putting them in grocer's scales
School sex clinics fuel debate on promiscuity
29% of secondary schools in England have sexual health clinics with one in 20 providing children with contraceptives without parental knowledge
It’s not just boys who are autistic
When it was first discovered more than 60 years ago, Asperger's syndrome was thought to be a male-only condition. But now that more and more girls are being diagnosed with it, why do we hear so little about them, wonders Joanna Moorhead
Sex education ‘should teach about infertility’
New head of HFEA concerned that few young people appreciate the growing problem of infertility
Weight measures
Everyone wants to teach families how to avoid obesity ... but who picks out which children need help? Jackie Kemp reports
Get moving
Leeds' childhood obesity project is trying some unusual steps to improve child health, finds Heather Welford
Breastfed children are brainier, study suggests
Study raises question of whether breast milk itself or associated maternal care responsible for boosting intelligence
Researchers link growth spurt in early childhood to obesity
Scientists find link between rapid growth as a baby and the long-term rise in a person's metabolism