Kids get sluggish by age 15, with their physical activity dipping well below the recommended 60 minutes a day for good health, according to a new study. Researchers tracked children beginning at age 9 ...

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 in ...

Hear from one student about how physical activity in every classroom can help improve academic performance and mental health ...

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 not only makes kids feel better and helps them develop healthy habits, it's also good for the nation's bottom line," says study leader Bruce Y. Lee, MD, MBA, executive director of ...

Whitney Houston once sang, “I believe the children are our future.” We agree. But we’re worried that many kids won’t reach a healthy future because they aren’t active enough today and won’t be as they ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Ten-year-olds spend more time sitting on their rears and less time running around than they did at age nine, according to a new British study. Kids mostly cut down on their ...

The Who (the rock group, not the World Health Organization) were wrong. The kids are not all right. Since the 1980s, kids' physical activity has been going down while obesity has been going up. But ...