Sport or study? It is a perennial debate – and a false one. Rather than playing more sport being the enemy of a child’s ...

Physical activity breaks in the classroom can help ramp up student fitness and increase attention—or turn into a chaotic hassle that teachers work to avoid. Fewer than 9 percent of school-age children ...

A new physical education club at Warrior Run Elementary School — Marathon Kids — presents a program that focuses on key pillars: Goal setting, tracking, modeling the way, social support, celebrating ...

LAKEWOOD, Ohio -- For a brief second on Wednesday (May 13), it seemed like one of those beautiful spring days in Northeast Ohio where kids were outside playing on the front lawn. However, COVID-19 has ...

Lydia Hassebroek looks out at the view from her window, during her first week of home school after New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order closing New York public schools ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The number of days students engaged in 60 minutes of strenuous exercise decreased from 7th grade to 12th grade.

We’ve all heard that exercise is good for us—how it strengthens our hearts and lungs, and helps us prevent diseases like diabetes. That’s why so many of us like to make New Year’s resolutions to move ...

Overall physical activity starts to decline already around the age of school entry. While the proportion of physically inactive individuals rises with age there still are groups of people who manage ...