A new study by British researchers has found that black girls who are active and exercise regularly are much more likely to become overweight than white girls who have the same level of activity. The ...

Exercise can be addictive, but when does that rush your teen gets from working out actually turn into a bad thing? Just as with eating disorders, exercise addiction can become an all-encompassing part ...

Tennis shoes flashed across leaf-covered grass outside Basalt Elementary on Thursday afternoon, followed by laughter, cheers, and conversation. Elementary school girls took to the field after class to ...

Half of all girls are so scarred by sport lessons at school that they are put off physical activity for life, according to a new survey. Getting hot and sweaty and having to do competitive sports with ...

LEMON GROVE, Calif. (KGTV) — Helping young girls achieve a healthy mind and body is what the national non-profit, Girls On The Run, is all about. "We're teaching both the physical health with the ...

After running the equivalent of three miles around City Park’s Great Lawn, 9-year-old Zoe Lamb rested her hands on her knees and took a few deep breaths. Zoe and about a dozen other girls were ...

What helps children thrive? What keeps them healthy and fit? What gets them ready for the future? This year, WHYY is dispatching reporters to ask those questions. Within the sunlit gymnasium at St.

The impact of exercise on body fat differs for boys and girls, suggests research published ahead of print in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Recommendations on exercise to curb the rising tide ...

In a dispiriting finding for African American girls and women, a new study finds that while engaging in high levels of physical activity is a good bet for preventing obesity in white adolescent girls, ...

Struggling to stick to your fitness regime? Instead of blaming a long day or hectic schedule, it seems you may need to look a little further back in time. Women are being put off exercise for life by ...

According to new research into sports and physical education (PE) at school by the Women's Sport & Fitness Foundation (WSF) suggests that the embarrassment of PE classes can put young women off ...