Food labels simplified in anti-obesity fight
A promise to introduce a single, simple food labelling scheme this year, ending the contradictory and confusing systems, will form the centrepiece of the government's anti-obesity drive today.
£75m campaign to tackle child obesity
The government has pledged £75m to create an anti-obesity campaign to help tackle the problem of expanding waistlines among children. By Mark Sweney
Plan to curb fast-food outlets near schools
Ministers will move this week to curb the spread of fast-food outlets near schools when they unveil an action plan intended to halt Britain's spiralling levels of obesity
Beware of junk food, ‘gross’ ads tell kids
The British Heart Foundation has moved away from TV advertising to target 11- to 13-year-olds with a series of 'gross' online videos about junk food. By Mark Sweney
Don’t believe the contraception industry: sex education doesn’t work
Response: Teaching children that sex is separate from marriage has led to untold misery, says Norman Wells
Working mothers linked to obese teens
Children whose mothers work full-time while they are in the first few years of primary school are more likely to be obese when they reach 16 than those whose mothers stay home, says new research
New rules fail to stop children seeing adverts for unhealthy food on TV
Children are still being bombarded with television advertisements for junk food, in spite of new rules aimed at tackling the UK's obesity epidemic