Now that kids are back in school, families are settling into their new routines after a long summer break. It can certainly ...

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 ...

Physical activity, thinking skills, and emotional regulation are evolutionarily intertwined, yet an "evolutionary bug" makes us lazy. Explore the links and learn how to fight back.

A large-scale study by the University of Bath of more than 17,000 primary school pupils and 2,300 teachers across England has ...

Healthy movement behaviors support young children's physical, mental and social development, and shape lifelong habits. These habits include engaging in physical activity, reducing sedentary screen ...

The yearly scholastic fitness test may help to combat the rising childhood obesity rate—but only if schools (and the ...

The physical and mental health of U.S. children has declined over the past 17 years, according to a new study. The findings, published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, ...

Students at Memphis Street Academy in Port Richmond can get all kinds of health care without leaving school or waiting for a ...

Research has shown that art therapy can help people with a wide range of conditions like cancer, stress, dementia, anxiety, addiction, and more.

Luby is an infant/preschool psychiatrist clinician researcher at Washington University School of Medicine. Barch is a clinical scientist researcher at Washington University in St. Louis. The New York ...