Hope that youngsters will be inspired

Improved facilities for pupils and psychological lift of decision will help fight growing levels of childhood obesity, experts say.

It is time we adults grew up

Angela Phillips: We now know that comprehensive sex education cuts teenage pregnancy rates. It should be compulsory.

Chips face the chop as schools get healthy

Chips should not be served to pupils more than once a week and salt must be banished from their tables.

Forget Jamie Oliver. Just use bribery

Jamie Oliver could probably have saved himself a great deal of time and effort if he had only looked at the Scottish method of getting kids to eat more healthily.

One in four children overweight, figures show

The level of childhood obesity continues to increase in England with the biggest rise seen among primary school children, according to new figures.

Group sex is new ill afflicting pupils

School nurses warn parents of new fad called 'daisy-chaining'.