Many Children Not Getting Enough Exercise: Study

"Many American youngsters are not getting enough physical activity and parents are failing to make their children's health a priority, according to a new study."

CDC: High School Students Don't Exercise Enough

"Roughly one-third of high school students in the U.S. drink two or more sodas, sports drinks, or other sugary beverages per day, but only 15% get the one hour of daily aerobic exercise that health officials recommend, according to the results of a nationwide survey released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."

Youth Sports Injuries Reaching Epidemic Levels, Experts Report

"Youth sports injuries have become rampant in the United States, with emergency departments treating more than 8,000 children a day for sports-related injuries, safety experts reported Tuesday."

Secret to Teen Health, Happiness: Sports

"Young teens who play sports feel healthier and happier about life than those who do not, U.S. researchers say."

Fitter Children Have Better Test Scores

"U.S. researchers link brain development in children ages 9-10 to physical fitness."

Study: Practicing 'Intelligently' Makes Perfect

". . .it's not just practice that makes perfect. It's practicing intelligently that improves performance. Such are the conclusions of a study published this week in the journal Nature Neuroscience by a group of neuroscientists at the University of Southern California and the University of California, Los Angeles."

Schools Can Help Obese Kids Shed Weight, Get Healthier

"Fewer middle school students were obese after three years at schools that emphasized exercise and nutrition compared with those that did nothing special."

How Time on the Field Helps Women in the Workforce

"In her paper titled, 'Beyond the Classroom: Using Title IX to Measure the Return to High School Sports,' Wharton business and public policy professor Betsey Stevenson offers empirical evidence that playing sports leads to more education and better employment opportunities."

Most Youth Don't get One Hour of Exercise Daily

"Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the CDC, says the report finds 17 percent of the nation's high school students say they get the minimally recommended 1 hour of physical activity daily."

Play Creatively as a Kid, Be a Healthier Adult

"Children who engage in creative and active play may grow up to be healthier adults, suggests a British study."

Study: Physical Activity Can Boost Student Performance

"And now a government review of research shows that kids who take breaks from their class work to be physically active during the school day are often better able to concentrate on their school work and may do better on standardized tests."

U.S, India Parents Seen as Worst Behaved at Kids' Sports

"The survey of 23,000 adults in 22 countries by market research company Ipsos showed that irate, screaming, over-enthusiastic parents are not only found in Hollywood films and on television. People living in the United States (60 percent) were most likely to witness unsavory behavior by a parent followed closely by residents of India (59 percent), Italy (55 percent), Argentina (54 percent), Canada (53 percent) and Australia (50 percent)."

Routine Heart Tests for Athletes Would Save Lives

"A new study suggests that routine electrocardiogram testing of young American athletes would save lives and be cost-effective."

Physical, Academic Fitness Tied at the Hip: Study

"Physically fit students tend to score higher on standardized tests than their less fit peers, hint findings from a new study."

Physical Education Helps Curb Teen Obesity

"U.S. researchers say regular physical education helps curb obesity in teens from low-income homes."

Report: Cuts to Youth Sports Contribute to Obesity, Violence

"A new report says that $2 billion in cuts to school-based sports and physical education programs are contributing to a range of problems afflicting the nation's youth, including obesity, violence and academic failure."