Listen and learn

As a new study reveals alarming stress levels in school starters, Lucy Atkins asks the experts what parents can do to help.

Official: obesity risk to half of all children

· Rising numbers 'alarming' - minister · New rules on healthy school meals

Smoothie transition

Is it really goodbye to the student union bar, and hello to mango energisers and campus gyms? Jessica Shepherd reports.

Sore throat virus linked to obesity

A common virus that causes throat and eye infections may also play a role in obesity, according to US scientists.

Bet you couldn’t do it

Jamie MacColl: There's the usual furore over A-level results again this year. But how many adults could cope with the workload sixth-formers endure?

How to avoid fat fresher syndrome

You'll get heaps of tips, so how will you know which ones are really important? Polly Curtis spills the beans.

Call to ban cars nears schools to tackle obesity

Car exclusion zones should be set up around schools to help tackle obesity and climate change, a new report suggests.

Medical research head hits back at MPs

The Medical Research Council's chairman has spoken out for the first time against MPs who said he was unfit for his job.

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.