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 ...

WASHINGTON, DC (ANI) – A recent doctoral thesis has shown that practicing motor skills and physical activity can support preschoolers’ cognitive and early academic skills, particularly when these ...

A scheme using training, action research and family workshops has resulted in huge leaps for children's physical d. By Helen ...

Years of research tell us there are many influences on young people’s physical activity (PA), including psychological, social, educational, and environmental. Researchers have evaluated interventions ...

Physical activity in early childhood may have an impact on cardiovascular health later in life, according to new research, where scientists followed the activity levels of hundreds of preschoolers ...

Professor of Pediatrics in the Faculty of Medicine and Senior Scientist at the CHEO Research Institute, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa Mark S Tremblay has received research funding from ...

Nathan Hall receives funding from Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Melanie Gregg receives funding from Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Brock University provides funding ...

In 1948, the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaimed all peoples’ inalienable right to rest and leisure. Fifty years later, the Convention on the Rights of the Child expanded ...