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 ...

Having grown up in Colorado, four seasons is the norm. With the smell of lilacs, the sight of baby animals and the sound of birds, we finally spring free of cold, short winter days. No wonder New Year ...

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 ...

Do consumers eat more when they exercise more? If so, the implications could ripple through the multi-billion dollar fitness and food industries and have implications for both consumers and ...

It is a way to help kids adopt that "Get up and go!" attitude. "We want it to be fun," Nannette Cook, physical education teacher and Lafayette's healthy kids running series coordinator, said. "Running ...

We all understand that being active is good for our overall health. From boosting cardiovascular health and promoting weight loss to strengthening muscle and reducing the risk of chronic disease, ...

Most pre-kindergartners get enough physical activity from simply doing the things they enjoy most, such as playing, running around, and dancing to music. If you are concerned that your child is not ...

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 ...