Why Physical Inactivity is a National Security Crisis with Dan Bornstein

We recorded this presentation just prior to a briefing Dan Bornstein gave to Congress on the threat to national security posed by the physical inactivity of America's youth. The briefing discussed the ways that the National Physical Activity Plan, of which Dan is the Chair for the Military Sector, proposes to address these challenges. In 2012, after many years training athletes, Dan completed his PhD in Exercise Science at the University of South Carolina and joined the faculty at The Citadel where he built their tactical strength and conditioning programs. His research and commentary have been featured in numerous scientific journals and over a hundred media outlets including USA Today, Newsweek, Stars and Stripes, and NPR. You may have encountered his research on regional trends in which military recruits are most likely to get injured, which has received significant attention, and we discuss it briefly in this conversation.

We promised a few links would be in the show notes, so here they are:

National Physical Activity Plan: https://paamovewithus.org/national-physical-activity-plan/

National Youth Sports Strategy: https://health.gov/our-work/nutrition-physical-activity/national-youth-sports-strategy/about-national-youth-sports-strategy

CDC Physical Activity Page: https://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/index.html

"The Naperville Study" (also know as "Zero Hour PE" and "Learning Readiness PE"): https://iphionline.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/P.E._Case_Study_Naperville.pdf