Physical activity is the leading health indicator in Healthy People 2010, a national agenda for reducing the most significant preventable threats to health. The scientific evidence is strong that ...

Learn how to raise an environmentally conscious child to care about the environment without guilt or dread using these environment activities for kindergarten children. Before I became a full-time ...

There is currently wide interest in the physical activity of children, but little understanding of its control. Here, we use accelerometers to test the hypothesis that habitual activity in young ...

Is it just me or are screens dominating much of our children’s (and our own!) lives? It seems like a good time to remind all of us, parents and non-parents, that the importance of outdoor activities ...

The sun is higher in the sky, and the trees are beginning to bloom. Flowers, vegetables and fruit abound in a cornucopia of colors, tastes and smells. Spring has sprung. And your kids are ready to go ...

Earth Day turns 50 years old on Wednesday, and in observance of that golden anniversary, here are a few resources parents can use to find environmental activities to do with their kids at home. The ...