This episode of PDACast. We are a pediatric podcast for moms Hello, everyone, and welcome once again to PDACAST.

We are a pediatric podcast for moms and dads.

This is Dr. Mike coming to you from the campus of nationwide children's hospital.

We're in Columbus, Ohio.

It's episode 575.

We're calling this one our inactive children.

I want to welcome all of you to the program.

So we have an important topic for you this week, and it is one that impacts the health

of all children and their families in the United States and really all around the world.

Activity levels have plummeted over recent years for children, teenagers, and let's not get ourselves,

also adults, and this inactivity has a profound impact on the health and well-being of all of us.

So today we are going to dive into the problem of inactivity, what factors have led to this issue,

why is activity important, how exactly does inactivity impact our

health? What can we do about it? And how can we accomplish lasting change? Also, how can we

support one another in our journey toward a healthy, more active lifestyle? In our usual

PDF cast fashion, we have a terrific panel of guests joining us for the conversation.

Dr. Jim McDonald is a sports medicine physician at nationwide children's hospital.

Dr. Eileen Africa is a Fulbright visiting scholar from Stellenbosch University in South Africa.

She's done a lot of work looking into inactivity and particularly how can we get kids and teenagers to be more active and

how does that impact their health? Also, we have Travis Gallagher. He is a certified athletic

trainer from nationwide children's hospital. Before we get to them, I do want to remind you that

the information presented in our podcast is for general educational purposes only. We do not

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