Introducing movement into lessons can help students maintain focus and attention and boost engagement in learning.

With a new school year beginning, many students are expected to rapidly transition from months full of activity and movement to a classroom that relies—primarily—on stasis. This can be a problem, ...

Short-burst exercise program incorporated into classroom lessons increases children’s activity levels, a study confirms. Children who participate in a short-burst exercise program incorporated into ...

The vast majority of school boards say they are meeting legal requirements, in a report set to be presented to the State ...

Importantly, our study does not stand alone in showing that one-off bouts of exercise are beneficial for supporting children with ADHD. Other studies have shown that games-based activities in ...

With childhood obesity expanding to epidemic proportions in the United States, educators, researchers and health practitioners are actively seeking to identify effective means of addressing this ...

Prior to the pandemic, fewer than one in four children participated in the daily physical-activity requirements recommended by federal and state authorities. School closures and disruptions due to ...

Twelve elementary schools in the Ysleta Independent School District are taking part in the CATCH — Coordinated Approach To Child Health — program. The hope is that the CATCH platform combats obesity ...

Lydia Hassebroek looks out at the view from her window, during her first week of home school after New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order closing New York public schools ...

Evidence suggests that just 20 minutes of endurance exercise is sufficient to boost cognitive benefits in children with ADHD ...