“Active” Video Games Not a Cure-All For Inactive Kids
Bringing home a shiny new Wii Fit or Dance DanceRevolution game for your kids won’t make their days any more active than if you’d brought them Mario Kart. That’s the finding of a study published today...
View ArticleSome Sports Kids Overdo It
Their injuries have names like “runner’s knee,” “gymnast wrist” and “baseball shoulder,” and their numbers are on the rise. Amid a national epidemic of children who are inactive and obese, there are...
View ArticleParents of Preschoolers: Take Your Kids Outside
Kids (and parents) need at least an hour a day of physical activity – ideally spent playing outside – to stay healthy. But nearly half of parents of preschoolers don’t take their children outdoors...
View ArticleCan the Neighborhood Make Kids Fat?
With nearly 18 percent of school-aged children and adolescents in the U.S. now classified as obese, health experts and organizations have increasingly been pointing to nurture, rather than nature, as a...
View ArticleGetting Kids Active Is a Matter of Choice
If you want your kids to be physically active, make sure they have lots of active toys and games to choose from. That’s the take-home message from recent research published by University at Buffalo...
View ArticleMany Obese Children With Asthma Held Back By Weight, Not Breath
Two current health crises in children – asthma and obesity – often strike together. And among kids dealing with both, lack of physical activity frequently comes in to create a “perfect storm” that hits...
View ArticleDiabetes In Teens More Than Doubles In a Decade
Twenty three percent of kids ages 12 to 19 in the U.S. now have diabetes or prediabetes, according to a study out today in the journal Pediatrics. A decade ago that figure was just nine percent....
View ArticleTo Get Kids Off the Couch, Parents Have To Pitch In
The amount of time young kids spend sitting in front of a screen (be it TV, computer, or smart phone) may have more to do with the kind of parents they have than the kind of gadgets and games those...
View ArticleHealth Gaps Based On Race, Income and Education Start Early
Black and Latino fifth-graders are much more likely than whites to witness gun violence, be obese and ride in a car without a seatbelt. These kinds of health gaps have gotten plenty of attention among...
View ArticleStudent Athletes Are Safer On the Field With a Good Night’s Sleep
If your kids play sports and you want to keep them from getting injured, enroll them in a program with good coaches, and make sure they wear proper safety gear and play by the rules. And tuck them in...
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