University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Building Blocks for Healthy Children

The Division of Growth and Nutrition includes an interdisciplinary clinic for young children with growth and/or feeding problems. The Division conducts NIH-funded obesity prevention trials among toddlers and adolescents, NIDA-funded follow-up of children prenatally exposed to illegal drugs, an intervention trial of micronutrients and early learning opportunities in India, and monitors the growth and development of young children as a Children's HealthWatch site.