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

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

Digital health tools such as apps, wearables, and web platforms can modestly improve children’s physical activity, diet, and ...

Is regular exercise the key to managing ADHD, anxiety, and depression in children? Pediatrician Cindy Gellner, MD, examines recent evidence that shows how increased physical activity can significantly ...

It's hard to find workout time as a parent. However, if it's a priority for you, there are some ways to squeeze it in.

Parents may not realize how much influence they have over kids' exercise habits. Feb. 17, 2011— -- There's been alarming talk for years about the rising rate of childhood obesity in this country.

Preschool children with more backyard space and those who live closer to parks and water do more active play than children ...

Olympic champion gymnast Simone Biles recently transformed into a perfect role model as she guided children towards boosting ...

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 ...

This mom is lifting her kids to drop some weight. Cassie Morrison, 26, couldn’t keep the weight off — until she began using her children as the most adorable workout equipment. “My weight was out of ...

Exercise during pregnancy may enable mothers to significantly reduce their children’s chances of developing diabetes and other metabolic diseases later in life, new research suggests. A study in lab ...