Launching Lifelong Health by Improving Health Care for Children, Youth, and Families

by Health and Medicine Division

Ensuring every child is on an optimal trajectory to a healthy and productive adulthood is imperative for the nation's future. Investments in children and families improves child health, but also health equity, education outcomes, workforce productivity, and cost-effectiveness in public spending. Despite advances in health care, children, especially those from historically marginalized groups, face rising rates of chronic diseases, obesity, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309721946
• ISBN13: 9780309721943
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 510 Pages