Getting adequate amounts of exercise is important for kids' overall growth and health. Here are fun ideas to get children up ...

Now that kids are back in school, families are settling into their new routines after a long summer break. It can certainly ...

Parents may not realize how much influence they have over kids' exercise habits. Feb. 17, 2011— -- There's been alarming talk for years about the rising rate of childhood obesity in this country.

Brain-training exercises can improve your cognitive skills, including working memory, verbal memory, and global functioning. Challenging yourself with new activities can also improve brain functioning ...

HAMPTON ROADS, Va. — Chandler Nunnally heads out to My Gym Children's Fitness Center in Virginia Beach to see how owner Diane Jackson and her team of dedicated instructors are getting kids up and ...

WHEN Gabrielle Lyon, DO, was 5 years old, her father would take her on 10-mile bike rides. Physical activity wasn't a question, she says—it was part of her day-to-day life from a very young age. As a ...

It wasn’t so long ago that researchers reported that letting kids play video games — active “exergames,” that is — could help them burn energy. Now the latest study shows … maybe not so much. The ...

A quick burst of exercise before class may be the key to sharper thinking and better grades, according to new research from the University of North Carolina Greensboro. The study found that just nine ...