Dr. Ralph Kramer, a pediatrician, conducts routine examinations and vaccinations for children in his office. He assesses a young boy named Carl, checks his blood pressure, and draws blood for testing.

As far as physical activity goes, American kids are mostly C and D students. And “everything is graded on a curve,” says Jordan Carlson, a professor of pediatrics at Children's Mercy Hospital in ...

According to the American Academy of Family Physicians, approximately 60 million children and adolescents participate in ...

In 1948, the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaimed all peoples’ inalienable right to rest and leisure. Fifty years later, the Convention on the Rights of the Child expanded ...