Physical Activity and Kids and Teens

Family Resource Brief

Here you will find websites about physical activity and kids and teens.

• BAM! Body and Mind: Physical Activity. An interactive website for kids and teens to motivate them to be more active. Create your own fitness and activity calendar, check out activity cards to learn about a wide range of sports and activities, and read articles about overcoming physical challenges.
  
  
• KidsHealth. Articles in English and Spanish for parents, teens, and kids about fitness and physical activity. Topics include fitness for kids in various age groups, fitness for kids who don't like sports, preventing kids’ sports injuries, steroids, and strength training.
  
  
• Let's Move. Tools for parents, kids, schools, and communities to help kids be more active, eat better, and get healthy.
  
  
• Physical Activity Basics. Answers the questions, How much physical activity do children need? and How can we make physical activity a part of a child’s life?
  
  
• President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition (PCSFN). The PCSFN works to increase sports participation among youth of all backgrounds and abilities. Programs include the Presidential Youth Fitness Program (PYFP) and the Presidential Active Lifestyle Award: (PALA+).
  
  
• We Can! (Ways to Enhance Children’s Activity and Nutrition). Tips, activity ideas, and tools to help parents and caregivers help their kids and teens ages 8–13 achieve and maintain a healthy weight by focusing on better food choices, increased physical activity, and less time spent watching TV or playing computer or video games.
  

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Physical Activity and Kids and Teens: Family Resource Brief. (August 2010). (Updated: December 2016, March 2020).

Author: Susan Brune Lorenzo, M.L.S., NCEMCH; Breanne C. Wilhite, B.S.
Reviewer: Olivia K. Pickett, M.A., M.L.S., NCEMCH.