Paediatric medicine

The National School Breakfast Program feeds 10 million children each day, and the National School Lunch Program feeds more than 30 million students.

Tobacco use kills more people than any other addiction and we know that addiction starts in childhood and youth.

The integration and coordination of health, education, nutrition, social protection, and other services have the potential to improve the lives of children and their caregivers around the world.

The shooting at Columbine High School riveted national attention on violence in the nation's schools.

Since 1980, childhood obesity rates have more than tripled in the United States.

During medical emergencies, hospital staff and emergency medical services (EMS) providers, can face barriers in delivering the fastest and best possible care.

The increasing prevalence of preterm birth in the United States is a complex public health problem that requires multifaceted solutions.

The National Childrens Study (NCS) is planned to be the largest long-term study of environmental and genetic effects on childrens health ever conducted in the United States.

Every day in the United States, children and adolescents are victims of commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking.

The Institute of Medicine's (IOM's) Roundtable on Research and Development of Drugs, Biologics, and Medical Devices evolved from the Forum on Drug Development, which was established in 1986.

From a public health perspective, motor vehicle crashes are among the most serious problems facing teenagers.

Children's health has made tremendous strides over the past century.

Adolescents obviously do not always act in ways that serve their own best interests, even as defined by them.

One-third of adults are now obese, and children's obesity rates have climbed from 5 to 17 percent in the past 30 years.

Today our emergency care system faces an epidemic of crowded emergency departments, patients boarding in hallways waiting to be admitted, and daily ambulance diversions.

After-school programs, scout groups, community service activities, religious youth groups, and other community-based activities have long been thought to play a key role in the lives of adolescents.

Since 1980, childhood obesity rates have more than tripled in the United States.

Mental health and substance use disorders among children, youth, and young adults are major threats to the health and well-being of younger populations which often carryover into adulthood.

Childhood cancer is an area of oncology that has seen both remarkable progress as well as substantial continuing challenges.

Each year, child protective services receive reports of child abuse and neglect involving six million children, and many more go unreported.

The National Childrens Study (NCS) is planned to be the largest long-term study of environmental and genetic effects on childrens health ever conducted in the United States.

At a time when lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individualsoften referred to under the umbrella acronym LGBTare becoming more visible in society and more socially acknowledged, clinicians and researchers are faced with incomplete information about their health status.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), which was signed into law in 2010, has several provisions that could greatly improve the behavioral health of children and adolescents in the United States.

During medical emergencies, hospital staff and emergency medical services (EMS) providers, can face barriers in delivering the fastest and best possible care.

Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is a critical component of our nations emergency and trauma care system, providing response and medical transport to millions of sick and injured Americans each year.

Today our emergency care system faces an epidemic of crowded emergency departments, patients boarding in hallways waiting to be admitted, and daily ambulance diversions.

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented unprecedented challenges to the nation's K-12 education system.

Mental health and substance use disorders among children, youth, and young adults are major threats to the health and well-being of younger populations which often carryover into adulthood.

Children's health has made tremendous strides over the past century.

Once dismissed by the medical profession as a purely cosmetic problem, obesity now ranks second only to smoking as a wholly preventable cause of death.

After-school programs, scout groups, community service activities, religious youth groups, and other community-based activities have long been thought to play a key role in the lives of adolescents.

Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is a critical component of our nations emergency and trauma care system, providing response and medical transport to millions of sick and injured Americans each year.

An ideal resource for both pediatricians and endocrinologists, Sperling's Pediatric Endocrinology, 5th Edition, brings you fully up to date with accelerating research; new discoveries in metabolic, biochemical and molecular mechanisms; and the resulting advances in today's clinical care.

The shooting at Columbine High School riveted national attention on violence in the nation's schools.

Violence against women and children is a serious public health concern, with costs at multiple levels of society.

More than 2 million Americans below age 24 self-identify as being of American Indian or Alaska Native descent.

Violence against women and children is a serious public health concern, with costs at multiple levels of society.

Food choices and eating habits are learned from many sources.

The Institute of Medicine's (IOM's) Roundtable on Research and Development of Drugs, Biologics, and Medical Devices evolved from the Forum on Drug Development, which was established in 1986.

Recent scientific evidence points to the origins of childhood obesity as an outcome of the dynamic interplay of genetic, behavioral, and environmental factors throughout early development, with a compelling body of evidence suggesting that both maternal and paternal nutritional and other exposures affect a child's risk of later obesity.

Children living in poverty are more likely to have mental health problems, and their conditions are more likely to be severe.

More than 16 million children in the United States live in food-insecure households where they are unable to obtain enough food to meet their needs.

Although the general public in the United States assumes children to be generally healthy and thriving, a substantial and growing number of children have at least one chronic health condition.

Contiene explicaciones claras y sencillas sobre los diferentes aspectos de los trastornos psiquiátricos de niños y adolescentes.

How can we meet the special needs of children for emergency medical services (EMS) when today's EMS systems are often unprepared for the challenge?

Recommendations for feeding infants and young children have changed substantially over time owing to scientific advances, cultural influences, societal trends, and other factors.

Identifying and Addressing the Needs of Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer is the summary of a workshop convened by the Institute of Medicine's National Cancer Policy Forum in July 2013 to facilitate discussion about gaps and challenges in caring for adolescent and young adult cancer patients and potential strategies and actions to improve the quality of their care.

Preparedness, Response and Recovery Considerations for Children and Families is the summary of a workshop convened in June, 2013 by the Institute of Medicine Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events to discuss disaster preparedness, response, and resilience relative to the needs of children and families, including children with special health care needs.

It sounds simple: Women who drink while pregnant may give birth to children with defects, so women should not drink during pregnancy.

Many fields of medicine have looked at the issue of transitioning care from pediatrics to adults.