School clamps down on phones and Fitbits to ease body image worries

Stroud high school for girls says tech gadgets and social media exacerbate pressures leading to low self-esteem

Why I wrote the sex manual I’d have loved as a teenager

The Spanish YouTuber Chusita gives young people honest, down-to-earth advice on sex in her new book, This Is Not a Sex Book

A moment that changed me: realising, aged 16, that I couldn’t handle alcohol

I did drink quite a bit more after that. But that night in Alicante was the first inkling I had that my relationship with alcohol was a dangerous one

Can peer-led teaching help improve sex education in schools?

With sexting and online abuse on the rise, UK schools are turning to young people to create an environment where pupils can speak candidly about sex

Gemma Cairney: ‘I was a naughty teen – I got told not to talk back’

The radio DJ and author on her life lessons for young and old – plus raving in Margate

Children’s sugar intake equals five doughnuts a day, campaigners say

Obesity Health Alliance calls for food and drink makers to cut ‘hidden’ sugar to curb dangerous obesity among young people

Inadequate sex education creating ‘health time bomb’

‘Shockingly high’ numbers of STI diagnoses prompt councils to call for compulsory sex education in UK secondary schools

NHS figures show ‘shocking’ rise in self-harm among young

Upward trend is more pronounced among girls and is evidence of increased social pressures on children, say experts

Female genitals are still in the closet. We need to talk more about vaginas

We don’t know the reason for the rise in labiaplasty. We do know that ignorance abounds around women’s downstairs bits and that could be the key to change

I had heard clean eating made you feel better – but for me it went wrong

My healthy eating plan led to anorexia and depression. Food bloggers should make it clear that everything is OK in moderation