Sexual healing
David Aaronovitch: The guardians of our children's morals would seem to prefer ignorance about sex to honesty.
‘We should be doing five hours of sport a week’
Children are to be given pedometers and personal trainers as part of the government's latest health drive, which will also see more sport and healthy vending machines in schools. But what do the kids think? Joanna Moorhead finds out.
School medicals are back to fight obesity
Pilot scheme will advise parents on diet to get pupils fit.
Children at centre of drive for fitter nation
Pupils to get pedometers, healthy vending machines, more sport - and personal trainers.
We protest
The last time Kate Figes was involved in activism was at Greenham Common. But when she heard that a mobile phone company planned to erect a mast near her children's school, she started dusting off her placards.
Kelly under pressure to make sex education compulsory
The education secretary, Ruth Kelly, is facing pressure today to make sex education compulsory after an Ofsted report condemned current provision as 'poor'.
Deep frying tonight
Ruaridh Nicoll: The campaign for healthy eating could be a long and messy one.
A testing time
There is still a strong stigma attached to tuberculosis, as Deborah Turner found out when her teenage daughter was suspected of having it.
Cheerleading tempts pupils to exercise
In a move that will cause consternation among traditionalists, schools are turning to dance classes, yoga, and even cheerleading in an attempt to encourage sport-haters into physical exercise.