"Aren't they a little young for that?" This is a question I used to hear regularly from parents when I'd recommend strength training for the kids I worked with, whose ages ranged from 6 to 18 years ...

Physical inactivity has long been common among children with asthma due to fears of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB ...

Exercise reduces symptoms of depression and anxiety in children and adolescents reported a new study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. “Exercise is a ...

Once upon a time, type 2 diabetes (T2D) was called “adult onset” diabetes because it rarely occurred in children. Although it still primarily occurs in adults, we’re seeing the rate of T2D increasing ...

Helicopter parenting didn’t fly for this study. New research out of Australia shows that letting elementary school children take risks while they play can have a positive effect on the amount of ...

There is a magical place where my teenage children are invariably pleasant, we all happily engage in healthy activities and no one is glued to a screen. I’ll let you in on the secret: this magical ...

Asthma is one of the most common chronic respiratory diseases among children, affecting nearly 475 million globally. For decades, exercise was discouraged due to the risk of triggering wheezing and ...

In a joint survey conducted by YMCA of the USA and American Academy of Pediatrics' Institute for Health Childhood Weight, it was found that while 65 percent of all parents know that children should be ...

Pocahontas Elementary's run club energizes students while raising money for Kids on the Move, helping provide shoes and race ...

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 ...

Working parents spend less time on children's diets and exercise, a study found. Aug. 29, 2012— -- A new Cornell University study has found that American moms with full-time jobs spend roughly ...