"Today Youth: Less Physically Fit Than in Years Past?"

Dan Quesenberry is a physical education specialist and varsity football coach who graduated from West Virginia University. Dan shares his extensive knowledge about physical fitness in today's youth, a topic that has become more important recently with the increase in childhood obesity.

Childhood obesity has become a hot topic, and with good reason—it's disturbingly prevalent in our society.

If you're a coach or physical education teacher, you may have noticed that kids aren't as physically fit as they have been in the past. But why is this the case? And is being less physically fit a disadvantage when it comes to sports injuries?

Click on the play button below to learn:

• If the youth of today are in much worse physical shape than they were in the past.

• How video games and other technological advances have made kids more sedentary.

• Why people that are less physically fit tend to get injured more.

• How your body will heal faster if you're more physically fit.