USA Today

American kids got a D- in physical activity. What does that mean? What can we do about it?

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 ...
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Physical education is important for academic success—here's how it benefits kids' cognition

There were 45,000 fewer hours of physical education (PE) delivered in UK schools during the last academic year compared to 15 years ago. This is concerning, given how important PE and physical ...
NPR

Kids are highly supervised in physical spaces, but not online. Here's what that does

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to researcher Eli Stark-Elster about the imbalance of how adults supervise children in physical spaces versus digitally. Some of you may remember this New York public ...
The Conversation

Fit kids have better mental and physical health. What’s the best way to get them active?

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
The Conversation

Young children with disabilities are excluded from national physical activity monitoring. That needs to change.

Sophie M Phillips receives funding from Children's Health Research Institute and Mitacs. Leah Taylor receives funding from CIHR. Trish Tucker has received funding from CIHR, SSHRC, CFI, the Lawson ...