Internet Resources for Heart-Healthy Children
Your child’s heart health is our passion. Many families wish to learn more about their child’s heart, or simply wish to know how they can be heart healthy themselves.
A huge amount of information is available on the Internet. Below is a list of what we think are some of the most reliable and trustworthy sources of information for your child and you.
We have navigated within the websites of organizations such as the American Heart Association (AHA), American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and the Congenital Heart Information Network (TCHIN), in order to provide you with specific web pages where you can begin.
We stress that this is only a starting point, and you may want to discuss with your pediatric cardiologist any information you find on these sites (or others), in order to find out if it is relevant to your child’s health.
General Websites on Children’s Heart Conditions and/or the Heart
AHA Main Page
AHA Children’s Health
AHA’s The Normal Heart & How It Works
AAP Main Page
AAP Cardiovascular Health
NIH Main Page
Congenital Heart Defects
AHA Diseases, Conditions, and Treatments
AHA Congenital Heart Defects in Children Fact Sheet
NIH Congenital Heart Disease Main Page
TCHIN
Acquired & Miscellaneous Heart Disease in Children
AHA Diseases, Conditions, & Treatments
Facts about Obesity, High Blood Pressure, Nutrition, Physical Activity, & Smoking
AHA Dietary Guidelines for Healthy Children
AHA Children’s Exercise & Nutrition Resources
AHA Top Ten Ways to Help Children Develop Healthy Habits
AHA Healthy Lifestyle
AAP Overweight & Obesity
AAP Nutrition
AAP Physical Activity
NIH Smoking & Youth
NIH Exercise for Children
CDC Overweight & Obesity
CDC Overweight & Obesity – Childhood Obesity
CDC Nutrition Topics
CDC Physical Activity for Everyone
CDC Smoking/Tobacco Use
USDA Food Pyramid
HealthierUS.gov
