Exercise and Active Lifestyle Resources
Kids who exercise regularly are more physically fit, develop stronger bones and muscles, sleep better and tend to perform better in school. They're also better able to handle physical and emotional challenges. Discover ways you can help your child enjoy benefits of physical activity.
Mindfulness – an exercise in health
Just like physical exercise is good for our minds, mindfulness exercises are also good for our bodies. Here are some mindful exercises that are good for your kids, and you too.
Ready to get active? Let's go!
- Active fitness for kids who don't like sports | Cook Children's
- Body mass index (BMI) | Cook Children's
- Easy exercises for teens | Cook Children's
- Exercise is wise | Cook Children's
- Exercise tips | Cook Children's
- Fitness and exercise - compulsive exercise | Cook Children's
- Fitness and exercise - fitness and your 13- to 18-year-old | Cook Children's
- Fitness and exercise - fitness and your 2- to 3-year-old | Cook Children's
- Fitness and exercise - fitness and your 4- to 5-year-old | Cook Children's
- Fitness and exercise - fitness and your 6- to 12-year-old | Cook Children's
- Fitness and exercise - fitness for kids who don't like sports | Cook Children's
- Fitness and exercise - kids and exercise | Cook Children's
- Fitness and exercise - preventing children's sports injuries | Cook Children's
- Fitness and exercise - strength training and your child | Cook Children's
- Fitness for preschoolers | Cook Children's
- Fitness for school age kids | Cook Children's
- Get kids active | Cook Children's
- Getting your preschooler to be active | Cook Children's
- Getting your school-age kids to be physically active | Cook Children's
- Healthy habits for media use | Cook Children's
- Healthy TV, video game and internet habits | Cook Children's
- How much exercise do kids need? | Cook Children's
- How to prevent baseball injuries in youth sports | Cook Children's
- Keep an exercise log | Cook Children's
- Kids and exercise | Cook Children's
- Media use guidelines: big kids | Cook Children's
- Media use guidelines: preschoolers | Cook Children's
- Media use guidelines: teens | Cook Children's
- My daily routine | Cook Children's
- Obesity and the two headed dragon | Cook Children's
- Physical activity planner | Cook Children's
- Preventing overuse injuries in youth sports | Cook Children's
- Raising a fit preschooler | Cook Children's
- Screen time guidelines for teens | Cook Children's
- Sports and exercise safety | Cook Children's
- Sports medicine | Cook Children's
- Sports physicals | Cook Children's
- Sports safety | Cook Children's
- Strength training | Cook Children's
- Stretching | Cook Children's
- The magic of play and early development | Cook Children's
- Why are my breasts sore? | Cook Children's
- Your child's weight | Cook Children's
- A-Z: dehydration | Cook Children's
- Caffeine | Cook Children's
- Dehydration | Cook Children's
- Drinking tap water during pregnancy | Cook Children's
- Healthy drinks, healthy kids | Cook Children's
- Healthy drinks, healthy kids chart | Cook Children's
- Heat illness | Cook Children's
- How to be safe when you're in the sun | Cook Children's
- Is it ok if my child drinks clear soda? Is it better for you? | Cook Children's
- Is your child drinking enough water? | Cook Children's
- Soda alternative: orange spritzer | Cook Children's
- Sports and energy drinks | Cook Children's
- Staying hydrated | Cook Children's
- Sun safety | Cook Children's
- What to do about dehydration | Cook Children's
- What's a health alternative to water? | Cook Children's
- What's best for your baby to drink? | Cook Children's
- What's heat exhaustion? | Cook Children's
- What's sweat? | Cook Children's
- Why drinking water is the way to go | Cook Children's
Need help finding information?
Finding health information you can trust can be confusing and overwhelming. Let us help. A Cook Children's librarian can send you up to date information from reliable sources.