First Lady Michelle Obama formally announced today a “very ambitious” initiative to end childhood obesity, one of her signature causes. “We want to eliminate this problem of childhood obesity in a generation. We want to get that done,” said Obama, in the launching of the national campaign, “Let’s Move,” which aims to educate parents, make [...]

I remember all too well my primary physical activity as a sixth grader: “cantering” around the schoolyard with my girlfriends as we all pretended to be various types of horses. 

Not your typical kind of exercise, to be sure. But after reading about new research that found that girls are less physically active than boys, I’m [...]