The declining rate of physical activity among the world’s children and adolescents continues to be a serious concern with major implications. Here with the details is Dr. Salomé Aubert, Vice President of the Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance.

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With all the concern regarding the physical health, mental health, and academic ability of schoolchildren worldwide, 36 elementary schoolchildren spent two years learning math not in a sedentary manner sitting at their desks, but in a physically-active manner. The results of this learning methodology are quite impressive. Here with the project and its results is Professor Daniele Magistro of the University of Southampton in England.

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There have been many studies demonstrating that physical activity positively impacts the academic performance of schoolchildren. And now, we’re beginning to find out that physical activity also enhances school readiness for preschoolers. Here with the details is Professor Myrto Mavilidi of the School of Education at the University of Wollongong in Australia, and the Department of Psychology at the University of Limassol in Cyprus.

UP ON OUR FEET is a production of the American Sports Institute.