Reimagining Children’s Health

Healthy Children Become Healthy Adults

Investing in child health is the single most powerful lever to ensure a healthy population and a strong economy: If we want a healthier American population, we need to prioritize early childhood. Two newly published studies — one authored by a Nemours-led team — offer striking examples of how important childhood habits are for lifelong health.

Investing in America’s Children

We have a big vision at Nemours: to create the healthiest generations of children across America. We know it is ambitious. We got into children’s health in Wilmington, Delaware, due to the philanthropy and generosity of Alfred I. duPont, and his aspiration to make a transformative difference in children’s lives.

Our Community Investment in Children

Last week — before the hurricane that swept across Florida — I attended the second annual Child Health Equity Symposium in Orlando, hosted by Nemours Ginsburg Institute. More than 90 community organizations came together — groups that advocate for access to mental health services, good nutrition, mentorship for at-risk youth, safe housing and more. We all have a stake in keeping kids healthy.

To Solve Childhood Obesity, We Must Go Well Beyond Medicine

Years ago, I had two patients, Fletcher and Billy. They were not related, but happened to be born at the hospital where I worked, on the same day, with the same serious intestinal birth defect. These two boys underscored for me an important lesson: medical care and health care are not the same thing.

We Must Do Better for Children of Military Members

Nothing gives life meaning more than the honor of being part of something bigger than oneself. I feel that way when I put on my Nemours badge in the morning, and I know our 9,500 Nemours associates do as well.