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Child health 6-15

Your health > Who you are > Child health 6-15
Your health topic image - child health 6 to 15

Get an introduction to child health from ages 6 to 15 with these articles and videos. Topics include healthy weight and exercise, school food and puberty.

All articles in this section

  • Why your child's weight matters
  • Get active with your kids
  • How to treat nits
  • Is your child depressed?
  • Children's headaches
  • School packed lunches
  • When your child is overweight
  • Talking to your teenager about sex
  • Exercise for children: football
  • Kids' teeth Q&As
  • Learning disabilities: coping with a diagnosis
  • Beat exam stress
  • 'My daughter and Down's syndrome'
  • Food for all the family
  • The National Child Measurement Programme
  • 5 A DAY and your family
  • Exercise for children: hiking
  • Exercise for children: kickboxing classes
  • Video: childhood asthma
  • Video: children with a disability
  • Video: exercise for kids
  • Video: shoes for children
  • Your child's safety
  • Helping with homework

    • Interactive tools

    • Healthy weight (BMI) calculator
    • Alcohol self-assessment
    • Healthy eating self-assessment
    • Fitness self-assessment
    • Five-a-day shopping planner
    • Fitness widget
    • Home hygiene
    • Smoking calculator
    • Safer sex
    • How healthy is your child?

    Useful links

    • Paediatric services at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

    • Change4life campaign

    • NHS Direct

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