Physical activity—primarily in the form of active play—promotes young children's physical, mental, emotional and social ...

Despite this, many children in Canada and around the world do not meet recommended levels of physical activity and engage in far more sedentary screen time than recommended. Early childhood ...

In the first installment of Parents' new advice column, our expert Emily Edlynn explains how to convince kids to play outside ...

A language arts instructional coach and special education inclusion teacher at Stanton Elementary School in the District of ...

From bike rides to backyard footy, parents who exercise together with their teenagers are more likely to have kids with better physical and mental health, according to a new health report from the ...

Charity Youth Sports Trust has announced that National School Sports Week is back from 16th to 22nd June 2025, promoting the ...

The grant provides funding of up to $10,000 to qualifying nonprofit organizations that create and/or continue programs or projects promoting physical fitness and nutrition education in Maryland.

Our lifestyles can be short on physical activity, including exercise ... You may need even more than that to lose weight. Do some muscle strengthening at least twice a week.

If you track your children’s activities, let them know what you’re doing and why. Some older children and teens may even welcome it (or at least feel neutrally), depending on their personalities.

The findings, published March 26, 2025, in British Journal of Sports Medicine, are among the first to evaluate the cancer risk reduction associated with light intensity activities such as doing ...