Don’t panic!

Matt Seaton: We shouldn't lose too much sleep over a report that our kids are 'stressed'. What would really be worrying is if they weren't.

Polluted childhoods

Anne Perkins: Labour 07: Eating disorders are part of a wider problem as younger and younger children ally happiness with extreme thinness.

Run for your lives

Kids' exercise levels are even more abysmal than we feared. And, says Peta Bee the repercussions are not just physical - they extend to academic achievement and social behaviour. So what can we do to get them off the sofa?

We are coming for your children

Commercials for junk food are being banned on children's television, but advertisers are moving onto a new battlefield - the internet. Helen Pidd reports.

Britain’s screen kids

Ed Mayo: Many children watch TV or surf the internet as soon as they wake up, during meals, and in bed before sleep. What is the impact?

Obesity, thy name is youth

Younger Americans are fatter than ever, leading to $100 billion more a year in costs - in a country that does nothing about health care.

Children’s health is coming second to the profits of baby formula peddlers

George Monbiot: In Britain, too, corporate muscle and government weakness means mothers are gulled into swapping the breast for the tin.

Fat is a psychological issue

Yvonne Roberts: Health campaigners should stop accusing parents of abuse or neglect for child obesity and eating disorders, as the reasons are far more complex.