Getting adequate amounts of exercise is important for kids' overall growth and health. Here are fun ideas to get children up ...

Now that kids are back in school, families are settling into their new routines after a long summer break. It can certainly ...

InPACT at Home videos significantly boost children's physical activity energy expenditure, highlighting their role in ...

It’s no surprise that kids who exercise are not only healthier overall, but are more likely to make fitness a priority later on life – which is more important than ever given that 30 percent of ...

It’s a win-win for parents and kids: if you’re having trouble convincing your kids to follow the government’s advice to get moving, a new study suggests you can just leave them alone with their video ...

The logic seems pretty simple: if you eliminate gym class, school kids will get fatter. In 2006, a blue-ribbon commission released a worried report about the precipitous decline of physical education ...

Even toddlers need high-tech exercise bikes these days. Toymaker Fisher-Price is making just such a contraption, which works directly with gaming apps on little kids’ tablets, the company announced ...

Teaching your kids habits that support mental well-being can help them build coping skills and may lower their risk of future ...

Children with disabilities spend most of the school day sitting and get very little exercise, even during recess and gym class, suggests a study from Hong Kong. Physical activity is important for all ...

Outside of team sports and oft-dreaded physical education classes, exercise for kids has always been a catch-as-catch-can affair. And nowadays, drawing any youngster from ever-present computer screens ...

Amaneigh Stevenson is an active kid who loves gymnastics and bouncy houses. A member of her care team developed a guard that ...

I would love to push my skinny little sixth grader outside, lock the screen door behind him, and strongly encourage the boy to go play in the woods. Unfortunately, I’m afraid that the only person my ...