Free fruit and veg scheme for young pupils hits problems
· Food administrators quit jobs after spending freeze· Study says idea has not changed eating habits
Children missing out on hot food
· Children entitled to free lunch given sandwiches· Jamie Oliver series adds to strain on system
Off the hoof
Eating meat provides growing children with many essential proteins.
Dr John Briffa reveals how to beef up a vegetarian and vegan diet.
Revealed: how food firms target children
Methods used by the food industry to target children have been uncovered by the Guardian on the day MPs publish a damning account of the government's 'woefully inadequate' response to obesity. By Felicity Lawrence.
Food firms go all the way to No 10 in fight over what we eat
Letters, lunches, dinners, briefings. Felicity Lawrence and Rob Evans reveal how the food industry is lobbying relentlessly to steer ministers away from regulation in the war against obesity.
Mens sana in corpore sano
Are you really living ethically if you reach for the pills every time you get a cold? On the advice of his auditors, Leo tries to maintain a healthy lifestyle without the aid of pharmaceuticals - but changes his position fast when his daughter falls ill.
Jowell rules out curbs on junk food adverts
Culture secretary Tessa Jowell will rule out new curbs on advertising junk foods to children in a speech to the advertising industry today, in which she is expected to call for voluntary action to tackle the crisis of obesity instead. By Felicity Lawrence.