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What's Protein? for Kids
Protein builds, maintains, and replaces the tissues in your body. You can get it from yummy foods like eggs, nuts, beans, fish, meat, and milk.
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What Is Keratin? for Kids
Keratin is the hard protein that hair is made of.
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What Is a Gene? for Kids
Why does one kid have green eyes while another kid's eyes are brown? It's all in the genes! Find out how genes work, what happens when there are problems with genes, and more.
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MyPlate Food Guide for Kids
MyPlate is designed to make it easier to understand healthy eating.
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Cystic Fibrosis for Kids
Cystic fibrosis affects the lungs and makes it hard to breathe. Find out more in this article for kids.
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What's Blood? for Kids
It swirls through your veins and arteries, but what is it really? Find out about blood in this article for kids.
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Figuring Out Food Labels for Kids
The food label on a food package is a lot like the table of contents in a book - it tells you exactly what the food contains. Read our article for kids for more about food labels.
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Egg Allergy for Kids
Babies sometimes have an allergic reaction to eggs. If that happens, they can't eat eggs for a while. But the good news is that most kids outgrow this allergy by age 5.
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What Are Fats? for Kids
Like carbohydrates and proteins, fats are one of the three main components of the food you eat.
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What Are Carbohydrates? for Kids
Like proteins and fats, carbohydrates are one of the three main components of food.