health

I wrote this five page feature for Active magazine on the value of allowing children to assess danger for themselves. It explores the physical, emotional and psychological benefits of risk taking to children's development.  

I came across this idea for an article when I attended a workshop on children and risk at my sons' nursery. I thought it was a fascinating area and was relieved that I wasn't the only one that thought a hands off approach was the best way for a child to develop. It...

I wrote this sidebar on exercise through the ages for the Guardian's G2 supplement whilst ironically lying in bed full of cold. It turns out lots of exercise is good for you, at any age. My piece complemented a three page feature by health editor Sarah...

This is a piece I wrote for Telegraph Women online after initially being contacted by a PR agency about it. I secured an exclusive interview with Professor Catharina Svanborg and found it to be a fascinating story of dogged determination and scientific discovery. Read...

  A piece of fascinating research was conducted by academics at Sheffield Hallam University which I believed was relevant to a wide audience. I wrote this piece for the Huffington Post based on the findings of the study which show that views towards breastfeeding in...

As a journalist who writes about family matters such as breastfeeding, child vaccinations and diet I am aware of the huge amount of pressure on parents coming from all different directions. Breastfeeding is always a hot topic of conversation and I feel that as a...

I reveal my own story about expressing breast milk at work for Telegraph Women during World Breastfeeding Week. Read the full story...

I wrote a feature in the health supplement of The Daily Telegraph newspaper about the meningitis B vaccination and whether or not to have my eldest son immunised. It also featured on their website...

A common topic of conversation at my breastfeeding support group has been how much breastfeeding can hurt in the initial weeks. And yet many healthcare professionals do not talk about this for fear of putting women off breastfeeding. As a result I wrote a piece for...

I am a strict mum when it comes to sugar. I value my sons' teeth and don't want them to end up as a terrible tooth-rotting statistic. I wrote about my battle to police my sons' sugar intake for The Telegraph's online Women's Section. They aptly published it on Pancake...