BoneScience Blog — Growing Years Science

Many parents worry that lifting weights is unsafe for kids. Here is what the research found about strength gains, safety, and how to start the right way.

Skip the cartoon front label. Six checks on the back of the bottle, with the NIH daily needs and upper limits for ages 9 to 18, tell you which kids multivitamin is worth buying.

The FDA does not approve supplements before they are sold, so who checks the label? Here are the five checks behind the NSF Certified for Sport mark, and how to verify a bottle yourself in about a minute.

Kids build a huge share of their adult bone in just four years around the growth spurt. Here is when that window opens, and the two habits with the strongest research behind them.