Physical activity produces overall physical, psychological and social benefits. Inactive children are likely to become inactive adults. Physical activity helps children with controlling weight, reducing blood pressure, raising HDL ("good") cholesterol, reducing the risk of diabetes, and improved psychological well-being, including gaining more self-confidence and higher self-esteem.
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Exercise in Middle Childhood
A subcategory of physical activity is exercise. The most distinguishable characteristics of exercise are that it is...
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Navigating Youth Sports
Do you hope your child will make new friends through sports? Does your husband envision a full athletic scholarship? If...
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Physical Fitness in Infants and Toddlers
WASHINGTON, D.C. Dr. Jane Clark, professor and chair of the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Maryland,...
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The Benefits of Team Sports
Today's generation of children is fighting the worst obesity epidemic in history. Giving kids an excuse to exercise is...
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Physical Exercise in School: Fitness for Both Body and Mind
In past writings I have reported that in my visits to a number of schools I have been disheartened to learn of the...
Source: Dr. Robert Brooks
