With more than three-quarters of children and teens experiencing depression or anxiety, parents are desperate for effective solutions. Now, new research from the University of South Australia shows ...

Getting enough exercise is one of the most important things we can do for our health. Yet many people around the world are ...

A substantial body of empirical evidence reveals that physical activity is associated with a wide range of positive physical and mental health outcomes. However, an absence of comprehensive syntheses ...

A University of Michigan research team has used AI to help deliver exercise "snacks" to kids with autism. The research team, led by U-M exercise physiologist Rebecca Hasson, overhauled a program that ...

Objective (1) To synthesise the available evidence on the clinical effectiveness of home-based physical exercise interventions in improving aerobic capacity, functional capacity, muscle strength and ...

A new study by UNC Greensboro (UNCG) researchers suggests giving children just nine minutes to engage in high-intensity interval exercise can boost their academic performance. "In the classroom, you ...

WHEN Gabrielle Lyon, DO, was 5 years old, her father would take her on 10-mile bike rides. Physical activity wasn't a question, she says—it was part of her day-to-day life from a very young age. As a ...

Asthma is one of the most common chronic respiratory diseases among children, affecting nearly 475 million globally. For decades, exercise was discouraged due to the risk of triggering wheezing and ...

"Aren't they a little young for that?" This is a question I used to hear regularly from parents when I'd recommend strength training for the kids I worked with, whose ages ranged from 6 to 18 years ...

Light‐intensity activity can significantly reduce anxiety symptoms in children and teens. A combination of moderate resistance and aerobic exercise was found to be effective at easing depression.

The systematic review and Bayesian meta-analysis by Pan, Zheng & He (2025) 1 assesses the impact of exercise on executive function in children with ADHD. Executive function was categorized into three ...

Objective To synthesise the evidence on the effects of exercise interventions in children and adolescents during and beyond cancer treatment, and to evaluate the methodological quality and certainty ...