By Peter Marsh, director of the Social Issues Research Centre Claims that childhood obesity is at epidemic levels and rising exponentially are no more than unsupported speculation, according to...
Infant mortality is the focus for a support team launched last week by public health minister Dawn Primarolo.
Most parents of overweight children think their child is the right weight, the annual NHS health survey for England has found.
Nurseries and other businesses in Northern Ireland have been warned not to be taken in by a mailshot from a body calling itself the 'Health and Safety Enforcement Agency'. The Department of...
Everything you need to know about the group of health conditions known as sickle cell disease. By Meredith Jones Russell
Nuffield Professor of Child Health at University College London and chair of the UK Academy of Medical Royal Colleges.
New guidance for childcare and health professionals about portion sizes for one - to three-year-olds has been published by an independent group of leading nutritionists and child health experts.
The leaders of new guidance outline why regular physical activity is important for the health, wellbeing and confidence of disabled children
Learn how to recognise asthma symptoms and care for affected children with advice from Asthma UK
'Doctor, my son has been coughing all night and he sounds awful.'