Will this man make you happy?

The government's 'happiness tsar', Richard Layard, thinks he knows why we're all so miserable - we're overpaid, over-materialistic and lonely. But, he tells Stuart Jeffries, he has a plan to banish the blues in Britain, once and for all

School sex clinics fuel debate on promiscuity

29% of secondary schools in England have sexual health clinics with one in 20 providing children with contraceptives without parental knowledge

Sex education ‘should teach about infertility’

New head of HFEA concerned that few young people appreciate the growing problem of infertility

Weight measures

Everyone wants to teach families how to avoid obesity ... but who picks out which children need help? Jackie Kemp reports

Sex education and contraception do not reduce abortion rates

Response: There is clear evidence that legal restrictions can help cut termination numbers, says Michaela Aston

Schools make children more obese, leading doctor says

Schools are making children more overweight, says leading GP, who blames lack of exercise and break times spent sitting by computers

Government’s obesity fight is toothless, MPs claim

A £372m government strategy aimed at cutting obesity in England fails to impress opposition MPs and health experts

Cooking lessons to be made compulsory in schools

The government is seeking to counter childhood obesity by making cooking lessons compulsory for teenagers at schools in England

Plan to curb fast-food outlets near schools

Ministers will move this week to curb the spread of fast-food outlets near schools when they unveil an action plan intended to halt Britain's spiralling levels of obesity