NICHQ's vision is to achieve a health care system that enables children to achieve their greatest potential while causing no needless harm—injury, pain, suffering, or death. Helping children achieve their potential requires the expert provision of preventive care.

As it does when focusing on care of children with special health care needs, NICHQ uses the Care Model for Child Health to help translate guidelines into strategies practices can use to improve care.

Obesity
	As the prevalence of obesity in childhood continues to rise, clinicians and public health leaders are increasingly alarmed about the potential for long term harm and the impact on health and well being during childhood. We believe evidence is sufficient for clinicians to act now. Visit the obesity topic page to learn more.