Parents can help kids reduce their risk by encouraging daily physical activity, which can be incorporated into youngsters’ ...

Canadian kids are spending more time on screens and far less time playing—throwing a ball or jumping around—and that's creating a big public health problem. Not only are they missing out on better ...

Simon Cooper receives funding from the Waterloo Foundation, Rosetrees Trust, Stoneygate Trust and Education Endowment Foundation. There were 45,000 fewer hours of physical education (PE) delivered in ...

As far as physical activity goes, American kids are mostly C and D students. And “everything is graded on a curve,” says Jordan Carlson, a professor of pediatrics at Children's Mercy Hospital in ...

(WXYZ) — As kids get ready to head back to school, parents are admitting they have concerns about the physical and mental health of America's kids. It's reflected ...

Myranda Hawthorne receives funding from the Ontario Graduate Scholarship. Sophie M Phillips receives funding from Children's Health Research Institute and Mitacs. Trish Tucker receives funding from ...

People with ADHD face greater physical health risks and higher rates of premature mortality. But there are ways to address ...