The link between health and physical activity has been enshrined in medical lore since ancient times. Over 2000 years ago, practitioners in India, China, Greece and the Roman Empire espoused the ...

Scientists have uncovered remarkable insights into how the earliest brain connections shape infant emotional development, ...

Participating in organized sports at age 11 correlated with lower risks of mental health diagnoses for girls and boys, the ...

According to the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, approximately 1 in 6 children in the United States have developmental disabilities which include physical, learning, ...

This paper reports on the creation of two measures: (1) the GSED Short Form (GSED-SF)—a caregiver ... relevant and globally feasible items representing child development for children aged 0–3 years.

In addition, in 16 of these schools, the development of physical fitness in children was assessed using a ... in boys and −5.3% (95% CI −7.6 to −3.1) in girls, across all age groups after 1 year.22 ...

Correspondence to Dr Hanneke IJsselstijn, Department of Paediatric Surgery, Erasmus MC–Sophia Children ... years of age. Design We included fetuses and neonates diagnosed in 2000–2012. Physical growth ...

But as well as being fun, did you know that play is an essential part of your little one’s development? Play improves the cognitive, physical ... Early years expert Jenny Shaw from Busy Bees says even ...

Introduction Global surveillance of physical activity ... eight stages: (1) systematic review of psychometric properties of existing PA questionnaires for children and adolescents; (2) development of ...

Physical activity is important for children; it supports improved health, development and sleep. However, children in the early years (from birth ... in our lab: 1. Research gaps: There is a ...