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The following printable articles cover a range of health topics, with tips for parents, tips for kids and teens and recommended reading/viewing put together by the pediatric experts at CHOC. These articles are not meant to replace your child’s professional healthcare team, but rather, to supplement it by giving you helpful tips and tools all in one place.
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Weight loss medications for treating teen obesity: What parents should know
A CHOC expert offers advice to parents about the safety and effectiveness of weight loss medications for treating obesity in teens.
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10 quick tips for helping kids and teens maintain a healthy weight
To help prevent childhood obesity, a CHOC expert offers tips on how kids and teens can maintain healthy eating and exercise habits.
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How to make eating healthy fun for kids and teens
In honor of March’s National Nutrition Month, a CHOC dietitian gives parents tips to help make healthy eating and nutrition fun for kids.
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Wildfires and children’s health: What parents should know
A CHOC pediatrician offers tips to keep kids safe during wildfires and discusses how climate change may be impacting kids’ health.
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5 questions to ask your pediatrician at your child’s next checkup
A CHOC pediatrician gives parents five ideas of questions to ask about their child’s development and health at their next check-up.
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Brain-boosting foods for kids
A CHOC nutrition expert offers discusses nutrients that support kids’ brain health and gives parents recipe ideas and tips.
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5 coping skills to help stressed-out teens
In a video made just for teens, a CHOC Mental Health expert offers five strategies for stress relief and coping.
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How to validate your child’s feelings: Six steps for parents and caregivers
A CHOC mental health expert offers tips to parents for validating their kids and teens’ feelings to make sure they feel heard.
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Why you should consider becoming a blood donor
January is National Blood Donor Month. But at CHOC, blood donations are needed all year long. For more information call: 714-509-8339
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Climate change and children’s health: What parents should know
A CHOC expert explains the impacts that global warming and climate change can have on kids, and what we can do to reduce carbon emissions.
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Snot and kids: What do those colors mean?
A CHOC pediatrician helps parents decode the color of their child’s mucus (snot), and offers advice about when to call the doctor.
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How to help your teen develop a positive self-image
A CHOC mental health expert explains how to help your teens have a positive self-image, including tips for improving a negative one.
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Are New Year’s resolutions actually helpful? Get advice from a CHOC expert
A CHOC mental health expert discusses how to set realistic intentions and attainable goals for your family in the new year.
Topics
- Allergies
- Anxiety
- Appendicitis
- Arthritis
- Artificial Intelligence
- Asthma
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Autism
- Bedwetting
- Bike and Helmet Safety
- Birth Defects
- Blood donations
- Bullying
- Cancer / Oncology
- Car and Travel Safety
- Celiac
- Cleft Lip
- Cochlear implants
- Cold and Flu
- Concussions
- Controlled Substances
- Coping with chronic illness
- COVID-19
- Critical Care
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Dentistry
- Depression
- Dermatology
- Diabetes
- Down Syndrome
- Driving
- Ear Infections
- Ears, Nose, Throat / Otolaryngology
- Eating Disorders
- Emergency
- Endocrinology
- Epilepsy / Seizures
- First Aid
- Food Allergies
- Fun Activities
- Gastroenterology
- Genetics
- Halloween
- Headaches
- Health
- Heart / Cardiology
- Hematology
- Hernia
- Holidays
- Home and Window Safety
- Hot Weather Safety
- Hydration
- Hygiene
- Immunizations / Vaccinations
- Immunology
- Infectious Disease
- Internet / Online Safety
- Lactation / Breastfeeding
- Leukemia
- Maternal-Fetal Care
- Medication
- Mental Health
- Metabolics
- Neonatology / NICU
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- New Year
- Nutrition
- Nutrition and Lactation
- Obesity
- Orthopaedics
- Outdoor Safety
- Palliative Care
- Parenting
- Pediatric Surgery
- Pharmacy
- PICU Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
- Plastic Surgery
- Primary Care / Family Medicine
- Psychiatry
- Psychology
- Psychosis
- Pulmonology
- Radiology
- Rare Disease
- Recipes
- Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy
- Rheumatology
- Safety
- School
- Scoliosis
- Screen Time and Social Media
- Seasonal
- Sexual Health
- Sleep Safety
- Sleeping
- Speech therapy
- Sports and Fitness
- Sports Medicine
- Suicide Prevention
- Summer Safety
- Sun Safety and Skin Protection
- Thanksgiving
- Tonsils
- Transition to Adult Health Care
- Traumatic Events
- Urinary Tract Infections
- Urology
- Vision / Ophthalmology
- Water Safety and Drowning Prevention