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eParenting used to mean keeping your kids safe on the Internet, however now it has a wider scope including parenting with the use of technology, and distance parenting. Curated by Peter Mellow |
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A new study bolsters existing research suggesting that exercise can protect against anxiety, depression and attention challenges.
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Experts’ top tip on ways to get moving? Involve the relatives who might otherwise stay inactive.
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Studies have shown a drop in physical activity for kids during lockdowns, which could impact their long term health. But their mums are getting more active.
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The Cooper Institute now offers a free online tool for youth fitness, The FitnessGram Playground, to improve kids’ physical fitness and mental well-being.
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Daily exercise may be even more important for kids’ mental and physical health now than it was before covid.
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Are you training young teens? If not, it might be a good service to add, as nearly 60% of American youth ages 12–15 lack cardiorespiratory fitness.
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Nikic, 21, became the first person with Down syndrome to conquer the grueling endurance race, offering lessons in perseverance and hope.
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The 60 percent of adolescents who lack such strength are at higher risk for heart disease, high blood pressure and Type 2 diabetes.
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While her gym was shut down, Cat Rodie discovered a pair of personal trainers who pushed her like never before – her daughters
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The fitness guru is running free online classes every weekday for children.
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Only one in ten Australian adolescents say they meet the World Health Organisation's guidelines for daily physical activity.
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Physical-education programs were designed to encourage health and fitness, but they may be counterproductive.
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All Australians aged 13-17 are encouraged to do 60 minutes of physical activity a day.
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All you have to do is take children outside for 15 minutes in the school day and let them run or walk.
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Prosecutors in several states say embezzlement investigations involving youth sports have become common.
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Young rats prone to obesity are much less likely to fulfill that unhappy destiny if they run during adolescence than if they do not.
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He's a celebrity fitness trainer to Kate Upton, and Jennifer Lopez wrote the foreword to his new book, "Ultimate Family Wellness: The No-Excuses Program For Diet, Fitness and Lifelong Health." And David Kirsch is also a single parent of twin 6 1/2-year-old girls. His book doesn't just spea
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Fitness First gyms will open their doors free of charge to Australian teenagers aged 14-18 during the Easter school holidays, as part of their Fitness First Initiative for Teens (FFIT).
The progr
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Just how ridiculously fit is Milla Bizzotto, a 53-pound 9-year-old from South Florida?
She’s so fit and that she recently completed the Battlefrog race BFX24 — a 24-hour U.S. Navy SEAL-inspired obstacle course that requires participants to race 36 miles, swim eight kilometers and conquer 25 obstacles that include a rope climb, crawling under barbed wire and climbing a 12-foot wall for six laps. She slept between 2 and 6 a.m. and counts the hardest part of the race to have been the “Platinum Rig,” in which participants swing between ropes, rings and monkey bars without touching the ground. All of which leaves one question: Why would a tutu-loving 9-year-old want to do this?
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"Evening daylight plays a role in increasing physical activity in the late afternoon and early evening - the 'critical hours' for children's outdoor play”
Don't just leave it up to the kids, get outside yourself as a parent and do an activity with them. It's going to be good for both of you!
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Exercising doesn't have to be costly. In fact, some places don't even charge a cent, so there's no excuse for not moving those muscles. Here are some Auckland-based ideas for easy-on-the-wallet - New Zealand Herald
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For the first time, there’s evidence that being fit can improve the speed and connectivity of brain neurons
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Child obesity is no laughing matter. Which is why it seems odd for the Change4Life campaign to make it one