Parents know not to put a baby to sleep on their stomach or to not put stuffed animals or other items in a crib that could pose a danger to infants. Now, the American Academy of Pediatrics is updating ...

Children and adolescents should be proactively evaluated and treated for obesity, according to new guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics around childhood obesity. The guidelines note that ...

The widespread device usage has prompted The American Academy of Pediatrics to introduce the 5-C’s to help parents manage their kids’ media use. Child: Who is your child? And how does this influence ...

A recent news article published by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) discussed the first clinical practice guideline released by the AAP to effectively and safely evaluate and treat pediatric ...

Ruler inside prescription bottle Two more medical societies have come out in support of the AAP’s updated clinical guidelines for obesity treatment in children and adolescents and one opposes it. The ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (WHNT) — The American Academy of Pediatrics ...

The 2024-2025 academic year for K-12 schools has begun amid the ongoing ninth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic that is infecting some 1.3 million Americans daily. While all mitigation measures to protect ...

WELL. JULIE: OUCH. THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDATRICS RECENTLY UPDATED ITS BREASTFEEDING RECOMMENDATIONS. IT NOW INCLUDES CONTINUING TO BREASTFEED A CHILD UNTIL THEY’RE AT LEAST TWO-YEARS-OLD. >> THEY ...

Throughout the pandemic, the job of calming jittery families and promoting kid safety has fallen to America's pediatricians. Behind them all is a staid professional organization that's now a household ...