Children's Bone Health and Calcium: For Patients and Consumers

General Information on Bone Health and Calcium

• NICHD
  • Bone Up on Bone Loss! Exercise To Build Healthy Bones (PDF - 524 KB)
  • Milk Matters—For Strong Bones, for Lifelong Health (PDF - 421 KB)
• National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
  • Bone Health and Diseases
  • Bone Health for Life: Easy-to-Read Information for Patients and Families
  • Calcium and Vitamin D: Important at Every Age
  • Exercise for Your Bone Health
  • Healthy Bones Matter
  • Juvenile Osteoporosis
  • Kids and Their Bones: A Guide for Parents
  • Osteoporosis
  • Osteoporosis: Peak Bone Mass in Women
  • Pregnancy, Breastfeeding, and Bone Health
  • Vitamin A and Bone Health
  • What Is Bone?
  • What Is Osteoporosis? Fast Facts: An Easy-to-Read Series of Publications for the Public
  • What People with Anorexia Nervosa Need To Know about Osteoporosis
  • What People with Asthma Need To Know about Osteoporosis
  • What People with Lactose Intolerance Need To Know about Osteoporosis
  • What People with Osteogenesis Imperfecta Need To Know about Osteoporosis
• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
  • What I Need To Know about Lactose Intolerance
• NIH Resources
  • Fact Sheet: Osteoporosis
  • NIH Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases National Resource Center
  • NIH Office of the Director
    • Dairy Dilemma: Are You Getting Enough Calcium?
    • Keeping Bones Strong and Healthy: Let's Talk about Osteoporosis
  • NIH Office of Dietary Supplements
    • Dietary Supplement Fact Sheet: Calcium
    • Dietary Supplement Fact Sheet: Vitamin D
• MedlinePlus, National Library of Medicine
  • Bone Density
  • Bone Diseases
  • Bone Mineral Density Test
  • Build Up Your Bones!
  • Calcium
  • Osteopenia—Premature Infants
  • Osteoporosis
  • Preventing and Treating Brittle Bones and Osteoporosis
  • Rickets
  • Vitamin D
• Office of the U.S. Surgeon General
  • The 2004 Surgeon General's Report on Bone Health and Osteoporosis: What It Means to You (PDF - 1.14 MB)
  • Myths and Realities of Bone Health (PDF - 114 KB)

Services, Resources, and Support

NICHD Programs – Public Health Education Campaigns

• Milk Matters
  An NICHD public health education campaign to promote calcium consumption among tweens (ages 9 to 12 years) and teens
• Milk Matters for Kids
  Games and activities to help kids learn more about calcium, why it's important for healthy bones, how much they need, and what foods to eat to get calcium

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Youth Physical Activity Guidelines Toolkit
  Strategies that schools, families, and communities can use to support youth physical activity

International Osteoporosis Foundation
A global movement to promote bone, muscle, and joint health

• Calcium Calculator
  Find out whether you are getting enough calcium in your daily diet using this simple calculator

National Osteoporosis Foundation
The nation's leading voluntary health organization solely dedicated to osteoporosis and bone health

NIH National Resource Center

• Check Up on Your Bones
  An interactive bone health checkup for people of all ages, based on the U.S. Surgeon General's Report on Osteoporosis and Bone Health

U.S. Department of Agriculture

• Eat Smart. Play Hard.™
  Resources and tools to encourage and teach children, parents, and caregivers to eat healthily and be physically active every day

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Health Information Center

• Calcium: Shopping List
  Fill your grocery cart with healthy, calcium-rich foods—take this list with you when you go food shopping.
• Get Enough Calcium
  Strategies for getting calcium into your daily diet

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health/Office on Women's Health

• Best Bones Forever
  A national bone health campaign aimed at helping girls ages 9 to 14 years build strong bones for life
• Best Bones Forever! Parents Act Now!
  Suggestions for parents of girls ages 9 to 14 years on encouraging their daughters to build strong bones for life

Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

• 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans—Active Children and Adolescents
  Physical activity guidance for children and adolescents ages 6 to 17 years

Please note: Links to organizations and information included on this page do not indicate endorsement from the NICHD, NIH, or HHS.