Kids get sluggish by age 15, with their physical activity dipping well below the recommended 60 minutes a day for good health, according to a new study. Researchers tracked children beginning at age 9 ...

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Hear from one student about how physical activity in every classroom can help improve academic performance and mental health ...

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 in ...

Whitney Houston once sang, “I believe the children are our future.” We agree. But we’re worried that many kids won’t reach a healthy future because they aren’t active enough today and won’t be as they ...

BOSTON (CBS) -- Regular physical activity promotes good physical and mental health, but only about a quarter of American kids get the recommended amount. The American Academy of Pediatrics has issued ...

Children too can get high cholesterol levels. Find out what happens if they are not managed, paving way for more serious ...

Four out of five teenagers aren’t meeting physical activity recommendations, according to new data from Statistics Canada, ...

Increasing the amount of physical activity children and teens get each day can boost academic skills, found a new study that analyzed past research on the topic. Students' math, reading and language ...

Three-fourths of children across the United States aren’t meeting the recommended amount of physical activity per week, according to a report card released Wednesday from the National Physical ...