Give four-year-olds sex education, say charities
Two leading sexual health charities are calling for children as young as four to be given compulsory sex education
The Well Baby Clinic is aptly named. If there’s anything wrong with your child they can’t do a thing to help
Zoe Williams: These clinics don't really do anything apart from make babies cry by taking all their clothes off and putting them in grocer's scales
It’s not just boys who are autistic
When it was first discovered more than 60 years ago, Asperger's syndrome was thought to be a male-only condition. But now that more and more girls are being diagnosed with it, why do we hear so little about them, wonders Joanna Moorhead
Weight measures
Everyone wants to teach families how to avoid obesity ... but who picks out which children need help? Jackie Kemp reports
Get moving
Leeds' childhood obesity project is trying some unusual steps to improve child health, finds Heather Welford
Breastfed children are brainier, study suggests
Study raises question of whether breast milk itself or associated maternal care responsible for boosting intelligence
Researchers link growth spurt in early childhood to obesity
Scientists find link between rapid growth as a baby and the long-term rise in a person's metabolism
Weight limit protects beach donkeys from overweight children
Guidelines introduced to protect traditional seaside donkeys from buckling under weight of obese youngsters
Cold comfort
The medicine cabinet offers reassurance when your child is poorly, but how safe are the drugs inside - and do we rely on them too much? By Lucy Atkins
Obesity rates start badly and get worse at primary school
London has worst problem in England and Wales
Persecuting chubby kids
Brendan O'Neill: The obesity scare is zapping the fun out of childhood and giving rise to the state-sponsored persecution of fat children
It’s never too early to fight the nation’s flab
Does government yet know how to reach down into the depths of society and change behaviour? Child obesity offers a critical test, says Anna Bawden
British study finds genetic link to child obesity
A study of more than 5,000 pairs of twins has found that a child's risk of becoming overweight is mostly down to nature, not nurture