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

Physical activity — primarily in the form of active play — promotes young children’s physical, mental, emotional and social health. It can also influence how active people will be later in life.

A United States-based childhood education expert, Idowu Adekanbi, has advocated for the integration of movement-based ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) designated this day in 2002 to promote physical activity and its role in maintaining a ...

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 ...

For non-contact sports, most children can safely enter participation at age 6 or 7: baseball, figure skating, golf, ...

A study followed the development of children's motor skills over a three-year period, from early childhood education to school age. The study showed that independent outdoor time and multisport ...

A study conducted by the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, followed the ...

The survey found that 20 percent of children aged seven to eight do not exercise regularly, she said. In addition, less than ...

Jon Jacome is running the Boston Marathon for Good Sports, an organization that supports youth access to sports and physical ...

Spending more time on test prep at the expense of recess actually harms students’ cognitive development and academic achievement. Studies show that recess and other scheduled physical activity breaks ...