Just as there are no easy answers as to how to bring up a child, there are none as regards the role – or not – of the state in providing assistance to parents.

Martin Hardy answers the questions we all wanted to ask about the Blackburn owners

Around one in six youngsters believe a blueberry muffin counts as part of their “five a day”, a poll has found.

School meals campaigner Jamie Oliver has warned the Education Secretary, Michael Gove, he is endangering the health of millions of children.

Jamie Oliver has warned Michael Gove, the Education Secretary, that his school meals policies are endangering children's health.

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Old varieties of apples, bananas and onions are part of a UK study to potentially give consumers products with "significantly" higher levels of nutrients, it has been announced.

We must nourish poorer children

When food prices rise, children in the poorest parts of the world suffer first and most. Many die quickly because the staples their families rely on – grain, wheat, rice – are no longer affordable. And many more are priced out of a nutritious diet, stunting their development and weakening their bodies and brains. This type of chronic malnutrition is the underlying cause of one-third of all child deaths.

A Slice of Britain: It's not Usain Bolt but Tommy Davies, a 26-year-old administrator, who makes sporting history by winning a five-mile trial run round the Olympic Park and into the stadium that will host Games events this summer

Dexter Fletcher does the miraculous and breathes real life into the mouldering corpse of the gangster Britflick – but a much-touted dystopian fantasy is dead on arrival

Eating white rice may be linked to a higher risk of Type 2 diabetes, researchers have said.

Campaigner Jamie Oliver has welcomed Parliamentary efforts to highlight concerns about school nutritional standards.

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