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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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Understanding Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
Learn more about this new mental health disorder in which someone limits their amount and types of food based on different food features.
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Parvovirus: What parents should know
With parvovirus B19 infection on the rise in the United States, a CHOC pediatrician provides an overview of the virus, the conditions it causes and when parents should worry.
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Transient synovitis: What parents should know
Learn more about transient synovitis – also known as toxic synovitis – or the temporary inflammation of the hip that can cause limping and pain.
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Free school meal programs: What to know
All students in California are eligible to receive free lunch and breakfast at school — and the meals are healthy and tasty. Learn more.
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What parents need to know about testicular torsion
A CHOC pediatrician provides an overview of testicular torsion, how it happens and what to do.
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Bed bugs and kids: A guide for parents
A CHOC pediatrician offers advice on the health impacts of bed bugs, how to prevent and remove them, and how to treat bites.
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Growing pains: What parents should know
Are growing pains real? A CHOC pediatrician answers this question and more in this overview of growing pains.
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An ultimate guide to child, teen athlete fuel and hydration
A CHOC pediatric sports medicine physician explains when and what kids should eat and drink to maximize athletic performance.
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Swimmer’s ear and kids: What parents should know
A CHOC expert details what causes swimmer’s ear, its symptoms, how it’s treated and when it’s safe to resume swimming.
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Navigating selective mutism in children
Learn the signs, symptoms and treatment for selective mutism in children, including myths about the rare childhood anxiety disorder.
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Moles and kids: An ultimate guide for parents
In this ultimate guide, a CHOC expert answers parents’ questions about how to tell if a child’s mole is normal or not, and when to seek help.
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How to navigate diet culture and diet language with kids
It’s imperative to recognize the profound impact that diet culture can have on kids’ physical and psychological well-being. Here, learn how to talk to kids about food, nutrition and their bodies.
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How to find – and prepare – a babysitter
Learn from CHOC experts the best ways to find a babysitter, what to ask during an interview, and what information to share before you leave.
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
- Child Life
- 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