Outdoor play is key to maintaining kids' health

Courtesy StatePoint Media

Go play outside! That's the message more parents and doctors need to tell kids, according to a new report indicating children are spending too much time indoors to the detriment of their physical and mental health.

From video games and text messaging to Web surfing and TV-watching, American kids are spending too much time indoors, leading to obesity, diabetes, heart disease, depression and even Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Children today spend only four to seven minutes in daily unstructured outdoor play, according to a new report issued by the National W...