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Should I Start My Child on an Exercise Program?
My 12-year-old son is gaining weight quite rapidly. He was always "just right" until middle-school homework cut into ...
Source: The Nemours Foundation
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Fitness and Your 6- to 12-Year-Old
Kids this age need physical activity to build strength, coordination, confidence, and to lay the groundwork for a ...
Source: The Nemours Foundation
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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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Exercise Tips
When a child is overweight, both decreasing the number of calories consumed, especially those from sweetened beverages, ...
Source: University of California San Francisco Children's Hospital
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School District Leadership for Active Living and Healthy Eating
White Bear Lake Area Schools, MinnesotaTed Blaesing, superintendentFor many years we have been blessed with several ...
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Obesity - Get Active
Being physically active is important for children and adults. However, most people don't get as much exercise as they ...
Source: University of California San Francisco Children's Hospital
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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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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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How Playing in the Outdoors Enhances Children's Development
Physical FitnessIn the United States, 14% of children 2 to 5 years old are overweight (weight for height is equal to or ...
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Making Exercise Fun
Children may not want to "exercise," but everybody loves to play. And young kids want to play with you. Here ...
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Powerful Girls Need Physical Activity: Physical Activity Q & A
What is weight-bearing physical activity? Any activity in which the body works against gravity, so the feet, ...
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Fitness Exercises for Toddlers
Heads, Bellies, ToesThis game helps with identifying body parts, flexibility, and understanding the concepts of up, ...
Source: President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
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We Can! Parent Tips: Healthy Families, Healthy Weight
There is probably nothing more important to you than your children. Taking them for regular checkups by a health care...
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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: American...
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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 the...
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Fitness and Your 2- to 3-Year-Old
Kids this age are walking and running, kicking, and throwing. They're naturally active, so be sure to provide lots of...
Source: The Nemours Foundation
