Kids Health Resources

This website and program from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists targets sixth grade students to encourage good fitness and nutrition habits.

Questions and answers from an emergency room doctor, including advice for kids who want to be doctors, kinds of injuries children have, and how they can stay safer.

Directory of web sites about kids health, plus articles on diverse topics such as exercise, nutrition, brain development, antibiotics, fever, chickenpox and experiments to teach your kids about science.

All About Asthma is an extension of the ARTHUR Hooray for Health! guide. This piece helps children learn what asthma is, what can trigger asthma attacks, and how to stay active and healthy if they have asthma.

Teach your children about chronic medical problems, including why kids get sick, questions and answers about their bodies, and all about teasing.

Meet kids with diabetes, get tips on making blood tests and shots as easy as possible, diabetes camp and learn about parents' feelings or how diabetes affects your parents.

Fun and interesting things for your kids to do as they learn about the environment, including plants, animals, water, air, garbage and recycling.

Because 'healthfinder kids know lots of ways to be healthy and have fun.' Cool and uncool stuff, games, safe surfing and art contests.

An educational resource from the Nemours Foundation to help teach your children about their health and safety.

Virtual tours to explain a visit to the hospital to your child, including same day surgery, exam room visits and overnight stays.

A coloring book that you can print out to help explain to your children what will happen at their next visit to the Pediatrician.

National Cancer Institute guide for children who have a family member with cancer, including articles about when a parent has cancer, when a sibling has cancer, advanced cancer, cancer treatments and how your parents feel.

Choose a body function or body system to learn how the human body works. Topics include 'poop, gas dandruff, sweat, zits, ear wax, digestion, circulation, and more.'