What helps children thrive? What keeps them healthy and fit? What gets them ready for the future? This year, WHYY is dispatching reporters to ask those questions. Within the sunlit gymnasium at St.

It’s no mystery that exercise boosts mental health and cognitive function in kids. A nine-month study of children aged seven through nine found that kids who were active could think more clearly. A ...

“Hot girl walk,” move over — the “sparkle girl walk” is an adorable, kid-friendly exercise idea taking TikTok by storm. If you’ve spent any amount of time on the clock app, then you’ve probably come ...

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It’s a win-win for parents and kids: if you’re having trouble convincing your kids to follow the government’s advice to get moving, a new study suggests you can just leave them alone with their video ...

It can be hard for parents to keep a fitness routine, and it can be hard to encourage kids to be active. These Long Island parents manage to do both, exercising and playing sports regularly along with ...

It's a question with an answer that researchers are still trying to better understand: How much exercise do kids need on a daily basis? In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and ...