Summer is over, the days are getting shorter and colder temperatures will soon take hold across much of the country. For parents and teachers caring for children in early grades, that means going ...

Physical activity can also sharpen kids’ thinking and improve school performance: being active is associated with improvements in concentration, decision-making abilities, attention and academic ...

Start a holiday tradition of unstructured play. It helps kids' minds, bodies, dreams and aspirations. Here's how to do it.

As far as physical activity goes, American kids are mostly C and D students. And “everything is graded on a curve,” says Jordan Carlson, a professor of pediatrics at Children's Mercy Hospital ...

American kids earned an overall grade of a D- on the U.S. Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth. What can ...

Climate change is a new hurdle for children’s physical activity levels in Canada Kids’ physical activity before age 5 matters ...

Three months after the program launched, the physical activity of “low active” children had increased to an average of 47 minutes per day, the study found. For kids who began the program rated ...