Perhaps not surprisingly, the scientists found that, for every cognitively challenging activity performed one day a week, ...

As New Year's resolutions roll around again, the vow to lead a more active lifestyle often tops the list—but it doesn't have ...

With summer break starting in the coming weeks, the thrill of open-ended days can, in time, have some parents craving some structure. That’s where the benefits of signing your child up for a camp come ...

MinnPost’s reporting is free every single day, but it isn’t free to produce. Join 4,800 members with a donation right now. Nobody truly wants to workout. It’s hard. This fact has generated an ...

The fastest-growing sport in America, with more than 3 million players, is played by hitting a hollow plastic wiffleball punctuated by holes with a hard-surfaced paddle over a short net on a smallish ...

Parents in Denver jump on the "bike bus" bandwagon, organizing group rides to a local elementary school as a safe, healthy and low carbon means of delivering kids to classrooms. Decades ago, it was ...

Children should get an hour of exercise over the course of each day, a panel of national obesity experts has concluded, seeking to end confusion on the matter. "Physical activity is essential for ...

JUNEAU — Dodge County Association for Home and Community Education will host the public to an upcoming free Learning Session on “Making Physical Activity Fun!,” at 1 p.m. Dec. 12 at the Dodge County ...

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 ...