A recent report shows changes in family chores but here's why experts aren't sold on the approach.

Making exercise fun and engaging for children is key to fostering a lifelong positive relationship with physical activity. By ...

Even in good times childhood and adolescence are difficult. But the past three years have been especially rough on the young. For years, there has been a global mental health crisis among children and ...

A University of Michigan research team has used AI to help deliver exercise "snacks" to kids with autism. The research team, led by U-M exercise physiologist Rebecca Hasson, overhauled a program that ...

When Angela Lamb started teaching kids’ yoga in 2017, inspired by her older daughter who tried it at YMCA camp, there weren’t many lessons tailored toward children. So Lamb, who is the author of ...

Light‐intensity activity can significantly reduce anxiety symptoms in children and teens. A combination of moderate resistance and aerobic exercise was found to be effective at easing depression.

"Oh the adventure..." Silhouettes of three children jumping on a trampoline by Lauren Manning, used with permission under CC-BY 2.0 DEED. A technology company recently released a “fitness watch” aimed ...

Grant R. Tomkinson has received funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council, National Institutes of Health, and Public Health Agency of Canada. Hunter Bennett and Max Nelson do not ...

It’s tough to balance child care and regular exercise, but there are ways to make real fitness gains alongside your kids. Kelly Bryant, a fitness coach, getting in a few forward bends while holding ...