Episode Details

Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Senior Editor Akilah Wise to the program to discuss the impacts of preserving the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, the effects of physical exercise on health, and how this type of data helps inform policy making.

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Related Links:

• CDC's Population Health Office Is Gone (MedPage Today)
• Adult Physical Inactivity Outside of Work (CDC)
• Adult Activity: An Overview (CDC)
• How Exercise Helps You Age Well (NCOA)
• Establishing The President's Make America Healthy Again Commission (The White House)