- Kidscope
Helping families and children better understand the effects of cancer and chemotherapy in a parent.
www.kidscope.org
- Allergic-Child
Advice for parents on practical, everyday living for the family of a severely food allergic child.
www.allergicchild.com
- Rede Brasileira de Informação e Documentação sobre Infância e Adolescência
REBIDIA is set up to serve those who have any concern for children and adolescence matters.
www.rebidia.org.br
- Pediatriconcall
Pediatric information resource for doctors, other medical professionals, and parents.
www.pediatriconcall.com
- CDC: Powerful Bones. Powerful Girls.
National campaign that underlines the importance of calcium intake in young girls.
www.cdc.gov/powerfulbones
- Bearable Times Kids and Teens Club
Kids helping kids, through love, support, and understanding.
www.bearabletimes.org
- Touchpoints Project
Gives healthcare and allied professionals tools to support infants and parents at the beginning of their lives together.
www.touchpoints.org
- Dr. Paul's Child Health And Wellness Info Site
Provides health resources from birth through adolescence for parents and caregivers.
www.drpaul.com
- Susie Flynn for President
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She's only 10, but she's running anyway to help the nine million children who have no health insurance. Paid for by the Children's Defense Fund.
www.electsusie.com
- Beansprout Networks
Connects pediatricians and child care providers with parents to discuss child health, infant health, and day care issues.
www.beansprout.net
- Youth In Transition
Articles for youth with chronic disorders and their caregivers to aid the transition to independence and self-management.
www3.bc.sympatico.ca/steeksma/Medical/transition.htm
- Coolmeals.co.uk
For kids, parents, and teachers who want to learn more about nutrition.
www.coolmeals.co.uk
- Keep Kids Healthy: BMI Calculator
Provides calculator and charts to figure out a child's body mass index.
www.keepkidshealthy.com/welcome/bmicalculator.html
- Growing Healthy Canadians: A Guide for Positive Child Development
Guide to promoting the well-being of children and youth.
www.growinghealthykids.com
- KidsHealth: Kids and Exercise
Discusses how regular exercise helps kids handle the physical and emotional challenges of a typical day. Provides tips for raising a fit child, with suggested amounts of activity per day.
www.kidshealth.org/parent/nutrition_fit/fitness/exercise.html
- FDA Kids
From All About Animals to All About Vaccines, and lots of stuff in between.
www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/kids
- Project Fit America
Project Fit America is a large national agency that works at the grassroots level with schools and front line educators to create new opportunities for kids to be active, fit ,and healthy. They work with communities to bring in funding, equipment, teacher training, curriculum, and the resources schools need to actually get kids fit and foster a love of movement.
www.projectfitamerica.org
- Plastic Fork Diaries
Follow six middle school students as they experience first-hand the relationship between food and their changing bodies, cultural differences, the vanishing family meal, nutrition, and athletic performance.
www.plasticforkdiaries.org
- Cool the Burn
Site for children and adults that offers information on burn injuries, including type of burn, skin grafting, surgery, burn rehabilitation, and wound cares.
www.cooltheburn.com
- Child Health Research Project
Conducts applied research on the major causes of childhood mortality: diarrhea and respiratory diseases as well as malaria, measles and malnutrition.
www.childhealthresearch.org
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