FGM: UK plan to require professionals to report suspected cases

Charities welcome government move but say heavy-handed mandatory reporting could drive practice further underground

How to avoid more gastric surgery? Five ways we can change our health culture

Sarah Boseley: Prevention is key to limiting the impact of widespread obesity on the NHS, which is why we need a wholesale change in attitude

It’s class, not whether a baby is breastfed, that determines life chances

Eliane Glaser: Paying working-class women to breastfeed doesn’t address the reasons for their choice, or the economic factors that are really driving inequality

NHS trusts chasing private patients at expense of waiting lists, warns Labour

Call for cap on private income to be reintroduced amid fears some NHS hospitals are prioritising paying customers

London Olympics borough is the most physically inactive in England

Nearly 40% of people in Newham take no exercise at all, suggesting Games failed to inspire people to take part in sport

Emotional health in childhood ‘is the key to future happiness’

LSE study says money, success and good grades are less important

Put calorie labels on beer, wine and spirits, say public health experts

Alcoholic drinks are fuelling obesity epidemic and most have no idea how many calories their drinks contain

Macho diets: from Lord Falconer’s Diet Coke and apples to Charles Saatchi’s nine eggs a day

Falconer’s five-stone weight loss is the latest in a string of unusual regimes – so what’s with the ostentatious suffering that goes with so many alpha male diets, asks Stuart Heritage

FGM: more than 1,700 women and girls treated by NHS since April

Public health minister heralds data collection on female genital mutilation as ‘major milestone’ on road to ending FGM in the UK

UK government commits further £330k to eradicate FGM

Having pledged £35m to halt the practice abroad the government is now allocating funds to deal with it in Britain