Exercise for kids should be fun. Instead of working out, think of exercising with your kid as "exercise play." That's the term used by Ewunike Akpan, a personal trainer certified by the American ...

Craig and Dawn Reese have made an important modification to the one-car garage of their suburban Washington, D.C., house: They’ve covered the floor with a layer of plywood and thick black mats.

Getting adequate amounts of exercise is important for kids' overall growth and health. Here are fun ideas to get children up ...

Even toddlers need high-tech exercise bikes these days. Toymaker Fisher-Price is making just such a contraption, which works directly with gaming apps on little kids’ tablets, the company announced ...

Is regular exercise the key to managing ADHD, anxiety, and depression in children? Pediatrician Cindy Gellner, MD, examines recent evidence that shows how increased physical activity can significantly ...

In the new exercise guidelines for Americans, children get their own section. We don’t always think about how much our kids move around, but we probably should. More exercise means better sleep and a ...

Outside of team sports and oft-dreaded physical education classes, exercise for kids has always been a catch-as-catch-can affair. And nowadays, drawing any youngster from ever-present computer screens ...

NFL training camps are getting started after what's been a tough year or so for the league's image. But teaching kids about exercise? Would anyone criticize that? Well, it turns out they would. Since ...