Matching Child Centered Policies to Appropriate Development in Youth Sports
Dr. Rick Howard joins the podcast to discuss matching child-centered policies to age- and stage-appropriate development in youth sport.
Understanding Ages & Stages to Inform Developmentally Appropriate Youth Sports
Dr. Rick Howard joins the podcast to discuss developmentally appropriate youth sports informed by long-term athletic development.
The Impact of Adolescent Development on Fitness and Conditioning Age
Dr. Rick Howard joins the podcast to discuss the impact of adolescent development on fitness and conditioning age and stage.
National Youth Sports Health and Safety Institute Launches New Podcast: Healthy Youth Sports
Healthy Youth Sports is a new podcast presented by the National Youth Sports Health and Safety Institute (NYSHSI), a community impact program from the American College of Sports Medicine and Sanford Health. Eric Utterback, director of the institute, discusses youth and adolescent sports, injury prevention, physical activity and health with some of the world’s leading subject […]
Youth Football Health and Safety
The premiere episode of the Healthy Youth Sports Podcast features Dr. Thayne Munce discussing youth football health and safety.
Approaches to Promote Healthy Fat Mass Development May Differ for Boys and Girls During Adolescence
Body fat is essential for health; fat tissue not only stores energy but is an endocrine organ that synthesizes and secretes hormones (including estrogen and testosterone) important for healthy growth and maturation. Excess fat mass during childhood and adolescence tends to track into adulthood and is associated with adverse health outcomes. Obesity prevention has become […]
Young Runners Can Build a More Robust Skeleton with Multidirectional Sports
Distance running is popular due to its health benefits, low cost and accessibility. However, it is associated with high rates of overuse injuries. Particularly, female cross-country runners have some of the highest rates of bone-stress injuries, which include stress reactions and stress fractures. Poor bone health is a contributing factor in some athletes and can […]
Exploring the Physical Activity Decline in Childhood
There is no doubt that childhood and adolescence are decisive periods to acquire healthy lifestyle behaviors, like being physically active and participating in a variety of sports. When youngsters acquire an active lifestyle, there is a greater probability they will maintain it throughout their lives. The Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance released the Global Matrix 4.0 on […]
Combating Obesity as a Family
Obesity is one of those diseases that just breaks my heart. After almost 24 years in the health care field, I have not personally witnessed a reduction in this “lifestyle” disease, and the official statistics in the U.S. and worldwide don’t reflect that much progress has been made toward prevention. There are many reasons why […]
Associations between Physical Health and Brain Health: Uncovering the Brain-Fitness-Adiposity Relationship in Children
Childhood obesity is an epidemic affecting over 340 million youth worldwide, with rates continuing to increase each year. Importantly, childhood obesity does not occur in isolation, as rates of physical inactivity are also increasing, with children and teens being less physically active now than in the past. These areas of public health are incredibly interrelated, […]
