On Friday, the Air Quality Index (AQI) was expected to reach the purple category (between 201 and 300), or the very unhealthy ...

Opportunities for children to get safe and healthy physical activity have largely been engineered out of our communities. Multi-lane roads have replaced sidewalks and bike paths and play spaces ...

CHILDREN need regular meals and snacks to get the energy and nutrients they need for growing up and fighting off illness.

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?

Doctors say a heart condition doesn't have to keep kids from taking part in physical activity, as long as they take the right ...

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

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 ...

The decline isn’t just about changing culture — it’s about changing behavior patterns. The more time a child spends on a ...

Child activity paradoxes. A rapidly burgeoning evidence base demonstrates a link between academic performance and physical fitness (closely linked to physical activity) for children of all ages and ...