STAT September 9, 2025
Elizabeth Cooney

Adapting an adult athlete’s metric to kids poses practical problems, experts warn

Nobody’s against fitness for children. But health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s proposal to make physical activity a “vital sign” akin to blood pressure or growth is raising questions among physiology experts.

Physical fitness for all and children’s health are two tentpoles of Kennedy’s Make America Healthy Again mission, articulated in the MAHA Commission’s initial meeting in May, outlined in a draft Make Our Children Healthy Again report...

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