{"id":957,"date":"2025-06-28T18:52:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T18:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sniffmybody.com\/?p=957"},"modified":"2025-07-02T11:27:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T11:27:32","slug":"exercise-proven-to-boost-kids-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sniffmybody.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/28\/exercise-proven-to-boost-kids-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Exercise Proven to Boost Kids\u2019 Mental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/neurosciencenews.com\/exercise-child-mental-health-29266\/\" title=\"Exercise Proven to Boost Kids\u2019 Mental Health\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1155\" height=\"770\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"This shows kids running.\" style=\"float: left;margin-right: 5px\" data-src=\"http:\/\/sniffmybody.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/exercise-kid-mental-health-neurosciecnce-1155x770-1.jpg\"><\/a>A massive analysis of over 375 trials shows that structured exercise significantly reduces depression and anxiety in children and teens. Low-intensity resistance activities like light weights were most effective for easing anxiety, while moderate mixed-mode programs worked best for depression\u2014especially when lasting under 12 weeks. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A massive analysis of over 375 trials shows that structured exercise significantly reduces depression and anxiety in children and teens. Low-intensity resistance activities like light weights were most effective for easing anxiety, while moderate mixed-mode programs worked best for depression\u2014especially when lasting under 12 weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sniffmybody.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sniffmybody.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sniffmybody.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sniffmybody.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sniffmybody.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=957"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/sniffmybody.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":960,"href":"http:\/\/sniffmybody.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957\/revisions\/960"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sniffmybody.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sniffmybody.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sniffmybody.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sniffmybody.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}