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Cold Weather Sports: Recognizing and Preventing Dehydration, Hypothermia and Frostbite

Spending time outdoors is fun, even in the cold of winter. But, just as in warmer weather, special precautions need to be taken when exercising in cold weather to avoid dehydration, hypothermia, and frostbite. Here are some things to consider if you or your children are playing sports in the cold.

Physical Activity Guidelines for Active Children and Adolescents

Regular physical activity in children and adolescents promotes health and fitness. Compared to those who are inactive, physically active youth have higher levels of cardiorespiratory fitness and stronger muscles. They also typically have lower body fatness. Their bones are stronger, and they may have reduced symptoms of anxiety and depression.

Youth Sports Don't Meet Kids' Needs For Physical Exercise, Study Finds

Parents who believe that their kids are getting enough physical exercise just from playing organized sports may be in for a surprise. A new study finds that, though participation in youth sports contributes to overall physical activity, fewer than one fourth of youth soccer, baseball and softball players studied obtained the sixty minutes a day of moderate to vigorous physical exercise (MVPA) during sports practices that U.S. guidelines recommend.

Higher Levels of Physical Activity Not Linked to Lower Obesity Rates Across Race and Ethnic Groups

Conventional wisdom suggests that the less children exercise the more at risk they are at risk of obesity, but a new study finds that the most overweight and obese children are actually members of ethnic groups that are some of the most active.

NATA Issues 2010 Report Card on Youth Sports Safety

With the support of 40 sports and health organizations, including MomsTeam.com, the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) has issued a C+ grade on youth sports safety for 2010, reporting that 48 young athletes died since the beginning of the year, with sudden cardiac arrest accounting for nearly half of those deaths, brain injury (concussion) for three, heat illness three, and exertional sickling (a result of sickle cell trait) one. Approximately 8,000 children are treated in emergency rooms each day for sports-related injuries. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, high school athletes suffer 2 million injuries, 500,000 doctor visits and 30,000 hospitalizations each year.

Cross-Training Helps Maintain Off-Season Fitness

Two-time Olympic track cyclist and mom, Erin Mirabella, talks about her experience with cross-training and offers advice to parents on helping their child find the right sport or cross-training regimen for them.

Brooke de Lench

Moms Speaking Up for Sports Safety Should Be Applauded, Not Dismissed

Submitted by Brooke de Lench on Fri, 12/03/2010 - 15:05. | comments

There is a battle brewing at Laguna Beach High School in California. It involves protecting the safety of kids during sports, so you know which side I fall on. This is no different than hundreds of stories from across the country that that I get sent each month, but this caught my attention because it talked about a Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) infection which is a potentially fatal bacterium that too few sports parents know much about. Artifiical turf end zone

Using Tragedy As A Teachable Moment About Sports Safety

The recent death of twenty-six-year-old open water swimmer Fran Crippen during a competition in Abu Dhuabi was a tragedy and a hard thing for parents and children to digest, but it also provides a teachable moment, providing parents a good opportunity to start a dialogue with their kids about sports safety and risk taking.

Parents and Trick-or-Treaters Warned on Latest Halloween Dangers

Ghosts and goblins arent the only things parents and kids should watch out for this Halloween. Consumer Reports warns that this gruesome holiday is one of the most dangerous nights of the year for pedestrians; and, recently, two candy manufacturers have issued product recalls.

Warm Ups: Important For Peak Performance, Injury Prevention

As the weather turns cooler, a proper warm up before sports becomes even more important for peak performance and injury prevention, says 2-time Olympic cyclist, Erin Mirabella.

General Health & Safety

Cold Weather Sports: Recognizing and Preventing Dehydration, Hypothermia and Frostbite

Physical Activity Guidelines for Active Children and Adolescents

Youth Sports Don't Meet Kids' Needs For Physical Exercise, Study Finds

Higher Levels of Physical Activity Not Linked to Lower Obesity Rates Across Race and Ethnic Groups

NATA Issues 2010 Report Card on Youth Sports Safety

Cross-Training Helps Maintain Off-Season Fitness

Moms Speaking Up for Sports Safety Should Be Applauded, Not Dismissed

Using Tragedy As A Teachable Moment About Sports Safety

Parents and Trick-or-Treaters Warned on Latest Halloween Dangers

Warm Ups: Important For Peak Performance, Injury Prevention

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