Top doctor slams schools policy for fuelling epidemic of child obesity
Academies and free schools could damage children's health by opting out of healthy nutrition rules for school meals
Sales reps in NHS maternity wards are a marketing push too far for mothers
We have come to associate parenthood with buying stuff – but that's no reason to subject bed-bound new mums to the hard sell, says Mumsnet editor Sarah Crown
Confessions of a slacker dad: why being a 50/50 parent is overrated
Prince William changes nappies, Simon Cowell gushes about his newborn – men are keener than ever to prove they are doing at least half the parenting. When did being a father get so complicated, asks Alex Bilmes
Forget Ging Gang Goolie. Today’s Guides are taking on body fascism
Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett: Feminism and body confidence badges have pushed out the leaky tent horrors of my youth. I just pray that they work
Life without sugar: one family’s 30-day challenge
Sugar is now at the centre of the battleground between food and health. How easy would it be to cut it out of your diet? Louise Carpenter finds out
What is the cost to boys of our traditional view of masculinity?
Lola Okolosie: Men are hemmed in by narratives telling them that stoicism is manly. This isn't what I want for my son
FGM campaigner Fahma Mohamed urges Gove to help end cycle of abuse
Bristol student to call on education secretary to write to schools setting out ways to combat female genital mutilation
How to end female genital mutilation in the UK: write to your MP
24,000 girls in the UK are currently at risk of FGM. Have you got 30 seconds to write to your MP asking them to show their support before the 'cutting season' begins?
Ban Ki-moon backs campaign to tackle FGM through education
UN secretary general praises Fahma Mohamed's campaign to enlist help of headteachers in ending female genital mutilation
Education is central to ending FGM
Ban Ki-moon: A practice that demeans, dehumanises and injures is not a tradition, it's a human rights violation. Headteachers can help stop this
Baby boys and girls receive different nutrients in breast milk
A mother's milk may contain different levels of nutrients depending on the sex of her baby to meet different growth needs
FGM petition calling on Michael Gove to act reaches 200,000 signatures
Education secretary is being urged to tell headteachers to inform parents and children about practice
FGM: government is in breach of legal obligations, say lawyers
Influential group of human rights lawyers tells MPs that measures to tackle female genital mutilation are insufficient
FGM is banned but very much alive in the UK
Scottish FGM expert says families pool resources to bring in a 'cutter' from abroad to mutilate girls in groups
Boys’ cancer risk increased without same vaccine as girls, say health groups
Patient and health organisations launch petition for 'gender-neutral' approach for HPV vaccine only given to girls