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.

Girls on the Run Minnesota staff Liz Gallardo (left) and Cat Nakhornsak (right) help distribute running gear to participants ahead of the 2023 spring season. INTERVIEWER: If you're a runner or know ...

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 ...

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 ...

Only about 15 percent of Philadelphia girls are getting the recommended levels of physical activity. And nearly 30 percent aren't getting any physical activity at all. Additionally, girls are less ...

Girls on the Run is helping girls across the country gain confidence through exercise.In Louisville, 500 girls are joining this year alone."Girls on track, we've got your back!"They're seven words ...

I have the privilege on Wednesday of speaking at The White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition & Health. hosted by the Biden-Harris administration, the conference is the first of its kind in a ...

After working all day and commuting home from the office, it’s only natural to want to dive headfirst into your sofa and stay there all day. Netflix and chill? Yes. Work out and be productive? No. But ...