Unless they find replacement activities, their physical activity levels tend to go way down. Being active is a key part of good health for all school-age kids. Exercise strengthens their muscles and ...

Kids this age need physical activity to build strength, coordination, and confidence — and to lay the groundwork for a healthy lifestyle. They're also gaining more control over how active they are.

The age at which children start school has significant implications for their academic performance and overall development. Recent research has focused on understanding how relative age—being ...

School of Psychology, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4HN, UK; j.booth{at}dundee.ac.uk Background To test for cross-sectional (at age 11) and longitudinal associations between objectively measured ...

By age 14, boys are twice as active as girls. There are many reasons why some women rarely participate in sport and physical activity: Participation in sport was once considered unsuitable and ...