The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends all children and adolescents, including non-athletes, get at least ...

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

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 ...

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