Simon Cooper receives funding from the Waterloo Foundation, Rosetrees Trust, Stoneygate Trust and Education Endowment Foundation. There were 45,000 fewer hours of physical education (PE) delivered in ...

There was a time when after-school activities meant riding bikes, shooting hoops in the backyard or even a neighborhood game of hide-and-seek that went on until dusk. In today’s complex world, ...

Physical activity can empower children with disabilities, making them stronger and more confident to navigate the world independently, according to Amanda Tepfer, an assistant professor in SUNY ...

With robust, quantitative data, the higher education sector can show how its sporting activities and facilities contribute to both student and staff well-being and national health goals while strength ...

Physical education at Michigan Tech is housed within The Department of Kinesiology and Integrative Physiology and provides a comprehensive package of wellness and fitness concepts for students. This ...

Report%3A School is the best place for kids to be physically active because they spend so many hours there Elementary school children should spend at least 30 minutes a day in PE class Middle school ...

College of Education Associate Dean for Research and Innovation and Professor of Physical Education, University of South Carolina When I noticed my 12-year-old son was spending about seven hours a day ...

As far as physical activity goes, American kids are mostly C and D students. And “everything is graded on a curve,” says Jordan Carlson, a professor of pediatrics at Children's Mercy Hospital in ...

A pre-school diet and physical activity program does not improve children's calorie intake or overall physical activity levels in nursery settings, a new University of Bristol-led study has found. The ...