Parents are focus of new childhood anti-obesity education campaign
· Report links excess weight in minors to bad parenting· 40% of 6- to 9-year-olds choose own evening meal
Seeing the bigger picture
Ann Robinson: A dangerous notion has been developing in the media that thin people are good and fat people are bad.
Mother’s anger as obese boy, 8, faces care order
· Health fears prompt child protection meeting· Family claims little help in tackling weight problem
How will I cope with a ‘normal’ baby?
She was born with a rare disability which her son Archie inherited. Now Emma Bowler is about to give birth to a child without the condition ...
Wider support still needed
Leader: Hospices provide much wider help than just support in the last few days of life. They are an invaluable source of guidance and relief for families caring for terminally ill children.
Settled into success
Travellers' initial distrust is banished as a scheme to improve their health and education begins to pay off. Patrick Weir reports.