Promoting children's health: healthy lifestyles and health concerns. Children's well-being: What it is and how to achieve it -- Daily health observations -- Assessing children's health -- Caring for children with special medical conditions -- The infectious process and environmental control -- Childhood illnesses: identification and management -- Keeping children safe. Creating high-quality environments -- Safety management -- Management of injuries and acute illness -- Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs): maltreatment -- Planning for children's health and safety education -- Foods and nutrients: basic concepts. Nutrition guidelines -- Nutrients that provide energy (carbohydrates, fats, and proteins) -- Nutrients that promote growth and regulate body functions -- Nutrition and the young child. Feeding infants -- Feeding toddlers, preschoolers, and school-age children -- Meal planning and service -- Food safety -- Nutrition education: rationale, concepts, and lessons -- Epilogue: looking ahead ... Making a difference -- Appendix A: National health education standards -- Appendix B: Monthly calendar: health, safety, and nutrition observances -- Appendix C: Federal nutrition programs -- Appendix D: Children's book list.