Teach primary school pupils about sex, say MPs

Cross-party group of MPs calls on the government to make advice on sexual health and relationships mandatory in all schools

Grants for corner shops in anti-obesity drive to sell more fruit and veg

Pilot scheme to be aimed at small shopkeepers in deprived areas as part of healthy eating campaign

Health: Official letters to warn parents if their child is obese or overweight

Department of Health announce plans to tackle obesity epidemic but avoid 'negative' words

Weight of the nation

Neville Rigby: If we are to tackle obesity properly, the whole of society must become involved in the solution

Politics: Don’t blame obese people for health problems, says Johnson

Health secretary says it does not help the overweight to be told their problems are all their own fault

We won’t lecture obese people, pledges Alan Johnson

Obese people should not be hectored and lectured to lose weight, the health secretary is to warn

Companies offer £200m to back government Olympic health push

BSkyB, ITV, Tesco, Coca-Cola, Cadbury, AOL and others pledged more than £200m in advertising space and services to support the government's healthy lifestyles marketing initiative. By Mark Sweney

Government to unveil Olympic health push backed by ad and TV industries

The government is to outline details of a multimillion-pound healthy living campaign supported by a coalition of advertisers, media companies, health charities and community groups. By Mark Sweney

Young pioneers in the frontline of NHS battle against obesity

Programme targets 2,000 families in Rotherham where one in three local children are clinically obese

Drug abuse and risky sex targeted in teen health drive

New initiative aims to improve care for teenagers, amid concern that substance abuse, risky sexual behaviour and mental health problems are blighting their lives