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Recess
The Declaration of the Rights of the Child, created by the United Nations in 1959, included the right for recreation ...
Source: Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale University
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Sports Participation in Middle Childhood
As children enter middle childhood, they spend less time in unstructured free play and more time in structured ...
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Introducing Fitness Through Playful Activities
Establishing a fit and healthy lifestyle is vital - for parents and kids. Parents' Choice offers the following ...
Source: Parents' Choice Foundation
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Getting Kids Up and Moving at School
Fewer and fewer students are able to bike or walk to school each day, and afterschool programs focus more on academics ...
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How much responsibility do schools bear for addressing the obesity of their students?
Forgive the grammar, but the student body just ain’t what it used to be. Here’s the hard, heavy truth: ...
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Teaching Your Child to Swim
There's an ocean of reasons why kids should learn how to swim while they're young. The most obvious one is safety. If ...
Source: Education.com
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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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Benefits and Cautions of Physical Activity
With the increase in incidence of obesity, teachers are becoming concerned about energy balance as it affects not only ...
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Physical Fitness for Kids and its Components
What does it mean to be physically "fit?" Physical fitness is defined as "a set of attributes that ...
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What Can I Do as a Parent or Guardian to Help Prevent Childhood Overweight and Obesity?
To help your child maintain a healthy weight, balance the calories your child consumes from foods and beverages with ...
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Fitness Exercise for Kids – Infants
Kick It! (Fig. 1) Let your baby find out what her legs can do while she learns about cause and ...
Source: President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
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Powerful Girls Need Physical Activity: Physical Activity Q & A
What is weight-bearing physical activity? Any ...
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Exercise Tips
When a child is overweight, both decreasing the number of calories consumed, especially those from sweetened beverages,...
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Fitness Exercises for Toddlers
Heads, Bellies, Toes This game helps with identifying body parts, flexibility, and understanding the concepts of up,...
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How Playing in the Outdoors Enhances Children's Development
Physical Fitness In the United States, 14% of children 2 to 5 years old are overweight (weight for height is equal to...
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