Health & Nutrition for Children
Children need your help to stay healthy. This page provides information about proper nutrition, drug-free living, exercise and fitness, and other topics.
UF/IFAS Publications
- Babies and Young Children: Nutrition
- "Do I Look Fat in This?": The Role of Mother-Daughter Relationships in Determining Body Image
- Eat Smart! Play Hard! Health and Nutrition for Families
- Feeding Babies and Young Children
- Healthy Snacks for Children
- How Nutrition Affects Oral Health
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
- Proper Hand Washing for School Children
- Snack Attacks: Be Prepared
- Sun Safety for Babies and Children
- Understanding Youth and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity
Other Sites & Publications
- Body Image and Your Kids--U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Campaign for Tobacco-free Kids
- Childhood Obesity--U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Children and Secondhand Smoke--American Academy of Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS)
- Children and Sleep--National Sleep Foundation
- Children's Environmental Health Program--National Safety Council
- Developmental Screening--CDC
- Food and Nutrition Information Center--USDA
- Fruits & Veggies Matter--Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
- GirlsHealth.gov
- Health Harms from Secondhand Smoke--Campaign for Tobacco-free Kids (pdf)
- Helping Your Overweight Child--Weight-control Information Network/NIH
- KidsHealth--Nemours Foundation
- Kidsnutrition.org--USDA
- Lead in Candy--CDC
- Lead In Your Home--EPA
- MyPlate for Kids--USDA
- National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders
- The Pocket Guide to Good Health for Children--U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Preventing Lead Poisoning in Young Children--CDC (pdf)
- Science4Kids--USDA
- Sleep for Kids--National Sleep Foundation
- SunWise Kids--EPA
- Teens and Sleep--National Sleep Foundation
- 10 Tips to Protect Children from Pesticide and Lead Poisonings--EPA
- Too Smart to Start--Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- The Truth about Club Drugs--Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Waste-free Lunches
- We Can! (Ways to Enhance Children's Activity & Nutrition)--NIH
- When You're in the Sun, Choose Your Cover--CDC
- Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)--Food and Nutrition Service/USDA
- Return to Children
General Resources
UF/IFAS Sites
- Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences
- Florida After School Enrichment Project
- Food Science and Human Nutrition Department
- School IPM
- Young Investor Program
UF/IFAS Publications
State & Federal Agencies
- FirstGov for Kids
- Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF)
- National Institutes of Health
- Nutrition.gov
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- U.S. Administration for Children and Families
Other University Sites
- Children's Nutrition Research Center--Baylor College of Medicine
- Children, Youth and Family Consortium--University of Minnesota
Organizations & Associations
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American Pregnancy Association
- American Public Health Association
- International Parenting Association
- National Association for the Education of Young Children
- Even Start
- National PTA
Other Sites & Publications
- Child Care Aware
- CYFERnet
- Florida Electronic Library
- National Black Child Development Institute
- National Child Care Information Center
- National Fatherhood Intiative
- National Network for Child Care
- National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care
- Parents as Teachers National Center
- USAA Educational Foundation
