The Observer view on our health and the sugar-peddling food industry

Observer editorial: The state has to play a more dynamic role in legislating food manufacturers and marketing

Theresa May’s new FGM reporting rules ‘will stop families seeking help’

Royal College of Paediatricians says there is no evidence that forcing doctors to report FGM to police will better protect victims

Meditation may prevent absenteeism by stressed public servants, MPs claim

Inquiry finds public servants may be less likely to burn out if they use mindfulness techniques to control anxiety and depression

Yes, too many of us are in pointless jobs – but don’t despair

Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett: Here are my top tips on how to endure soul-crushing, mundane work

Making NHS seven-day service could threaten patients’ safety, say doctors

Plans are unfunded, undefined, unrealistic and would see routine operations cancelled on weekdays, says BMA

These are the baby bottle wars of New York

Emma Brockes: Notebook: One hospital is militantly pro-breastfeeding – another couldn’t give a toss. It’s the land of choice

Muna Hassan: ‘One of us mentioned vaginas and Michael Gove went really red!’

The young anti-FGM campaigner who told David Cameron to ‘grow a pair’ has helped to get the issue on the political agenda this year, writes Corinne Jones

Phthalates risk damaging children’s IQs in the womb, US researchers suggest

Additives found in plastics and scented products could affect brain development and lower IQ

School pupils and hospital patients at risk of killer pollution, say MPs

Committee says it is unacceptable a whole generation could have health seriously impaired by air pollution above EU limits

Breasts are so ostentatious. If only women could spurt milk from their fingers

Barbara Ellen: It’s not mothers feeding their babies naturally, but those who insist on taking offence at the act who should be ashamed of themselves