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

• Child Emotional and Behavorial Problems
• The "Fool-proof" Time-out
• How Parents and Agents Can Address Bullying with Youth
• Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
• Proper Hand Washing for School Children

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
• Developmental Screening--CDC
• 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
• 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
• 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

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