Author: Board on Children

More than 30 years ago, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the National Research Council (NRC) convened a committee to determine methodologies and...

The childhood obesity epidemic and related health consequences are urgent public health problems. Approximately one-third of America's young people...

The U.S. military has been continuously engaged in foreign conflicts for over two decades. The strains that these deployments, the associated incre...

Indigenous communities experience higher risks for suicide compared to the general U.S. population, with suicide as the second-leading cause of dea...

An estimated 10 percent of children in the United States are living with disabilities, including a disproportionate number of children living in po...

As women of childbearing age have become heavier, the trade-off between maternal and child health created by variation in gestational weight gain h...

To better understand the inequalities facing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) youth and the promising interventions being use...

Experiencing poverty during childhood can lead to lasting harmful effects that compromise not only children's health and welfare but can also hinde...

Many young children in the United States are thriving and have access to the conditions and resources they need to grow up healthy. However, a subs...

Over the past few decades there have been major successes in creating evidence-based interventions to improve the cognitive, affective, and behavio...