The United States earns failing grades when it comes to the number of people walking to work and school plus the number of walkable communities, finds a new national report.
Sep 15, 2017
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Frequent, long-term instruction in physical education not only helps adolescents be more fit but also equips them with knowledge about how regular physical activity relates to good health, research at Oregon State University ...
Apr 12, 2017
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Only 16 percent of heart attack survivors get the recommended amount of physical activity in the weeks after hospitalization, according to a study by researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) and NewYork-Presbyterian.
Mar 1, 2017
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An international study led by Loyola University Chicago is providing compelling new evidence that exercise is not the key to controlling weight.
Feb 1, 2017
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Guidelines recommend that children get an hour of exercise every day, including a half hour during school. Unfortunately, a study finds that few kids are meeting that goal, with girls particularly likely to fall short during ...
Jan 9, 2017
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Parents who directly and actively engage their children in healthy living behaviour - instead of passively 'supporting' the behaviour - are significantly more likely to see their kids meet Canadian guidelines when it comes ...
Aug 24, 2016
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The University of Western Australia is teaming up with partners in the early education and care sector to find ways to improve young's children's physical activity, health and development.
Aug 8, 2016
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A new Brown University study suggests that in Rhode Island, the nutritional requirements imposed by a federal food subsidy program for daycare centers that serve low-income children have resulted in kids at those centers ...
Jul 14, 2016
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The Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP) announces the world's first 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Children and Youth (5-17 years) released today in the 2016 ParticipACTION Report Card on Physical Activity for ...
Jun 16, 2016
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Children are far from meeting national guidelines for physical activity, and girls are at greatest risk of falling short of recommendations according to a study measuring the physical activity of 453 schoolchildren in Massachusetts ...
Apr 5, 2016
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