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 ...

Is regular exercise the key to managing ADHD, anxiety, and depression in children? Pediatrician Cindy Gellner, MD, examines recent evidence that shows how increased physical activity can significantly ...

A new study by UNC Greensboro (UNCG) researchers suggests giving children just nine minutes to engage in high-intensity interval exercise can boost their academic performance. "In the classroom, you ...

Cognitive functions, also known as intellectual functions, encompass thinking, understanding, memory, language, computation, and judgment, and are performed in the cerebrum. The prefrontal cortex (PFC ...

Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday announced the return of the Presidential Fitness Test and launched ...

Objective Arterial stiffness is an early and detectable marker of vascular changes leading to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ACVD). Our objective was to compare the effectiveness of different ...

School uniform policies may be hindering children from exercising, according to a global study. Children were less likely to meet the recommended minimum of 60 minutes of physical activity a day in ...

Trump signed an executive order last year reinstating the test.

I wasn’t a sporty child. Neither of my parents did any exercise, and if they thought I was keeping fit at school, they were wrong. In hindsight, this was a big mistake, as it is becoming increasingly ...

"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 ...