How porn is damaging our children’s future sex lives

Any boy with a smartphone can watch online pornography – and it’s harming their ability to relate to real-life girls and women

The Tories must tackle the real cause of obesity: inequality

Fat is a class issue. Most of the seriously obese are poor. Offer a diet of self-esteem, good jobs and social status, and the pounds will fall away

Childhood obesity: UK’s ‘inexcusable’ strategy is wasted opportunity, say experts

Plan to rely on voluntary action by food industry is dismissed as embarrassing by public health experts who condemn failure to restrict advertising aimed at children

Scientists study link between unhealthy pregnancy diet and ADHD

Experts examine how a diet high in fat and sugar could alter baby’s DNA in a way that might cause behavioural problems

Childhood obesity strategy may be watered down, campaigners fear

Experts’ call for ban on junk food price promotions could go unheeded, though tax on sugary drinks expected to go ahead

Depression, violence, anxiety: the problem with the phrase ‘be a man’

Are dangerous ideas about masculinity leading to increased violent crime and suicide? Eva Wiseman talks to the director of a new documentary – and three men discuss their experiences

‘A few spots cast a cloud over my day’: male teens on secret body worries

It’s not just girls – boys are also struggling with how they look, according to a new survey. Here they share their fears

‘A baby made his first sound on the 106 bus’: readers share amazing birth stories

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver and his wife Jools let their eldest daughters watch the birth of their sibling this week. You told us about the births you’ve witnessed

When I leave someone suicidal I’m scared they won’t be there the next day

From supporting a suicidal young man to being held at knife point by a child, social care professionals recount what keeps them up at night

Giving birth the Jools Oliver way – letting the kids watch

Jamie Oliver and wife Jools had their fifth child this week. With their eldest daughters watching the delivery and cutting the cord. Nothing wrong with that, says a top midwife

Sex education is the only way to combat the terrible toll of child abuse

In the post-Savile era ministers blocked the one step that can protect young people. Help me make PSHE – personal, social and health education – compulsory

Shop-bought meals ‘healthier for infants than homemade ones’

Home-prepared dishes may be cheaper to put together but may lead to young children gaining weight, new study finds

Meet the parents raising vegan babies

The rapid rise in veganism in the UK has been driven by young people. Here, four parents explain how to raise a vegan child safely

LGA urges councils and NHS to provide more help for children’s mental health

LGA report cites assemblies on mental health and peer mentors as initiatives schools and centres could use to tackle anxiety and depression

Scans show possible link between brain development and antisocial behaviour

‘Striking’ structural differences seen in study which compared brain scans of young men with antisocial behavioural problems with their healthy peers