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 ...

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

The group, Say Yes to Recess, has advocated for more recess across all grades for years. Last year, the group helped get a ...

Preschool-aged children between three and five years of age should be active throughout the day, with a focus on active play.

Objective To test the efficacy of the Transform-Us! school- and home-based intervention on children’s physical activity (PA), sedentary behaviour (SB) and cardiometabolic risk factor profiles. Methods ...

The yearly scholastic fitness test may help to combat the rising childhood obesity rate—but only if schools (and the government) make some changes.

For many, the phrase physical activity conjures sweaty runs or power-lifting sessions at the gym. But the latest federal guidelines support a much broader — and ultimately less intimidating — ...