Nutrition

Ozarks at Large's host, Kyle Kellams, sits down with Jamie Baum, an associate professor in the University of Arkansas’ Department of Food Science who directs the Center for Human Nutrition, and Erin Howie, an associate professor in exercise science in the UofA Department of Human Health, Performance and Recreation. This is the first of many discussions about balancing nutrition, exercise, and health that will continue through 2024.

On today's show, how the federal Farm Bill impacts people in Arkansas. Also, Arkansas’ deep connection with Miss America. Plus, an Arkansas musical tragedy from decades ago.

A University of Arkansas Honors College symposium next fall, "Good Medicine," will include discussions about health literacy. We asked the leaders of the symposium, Jamie Baum, director of the Center for Human Nutrition and associate professor in the department of human science, and Erin Howie Hickey, associate professor of exercise science, to give us a preview. They will also host a free public lecture about the class Monday at 5:15 p.m. in Gearhart Hall Auditorium.

New federal regulations will make food labels bigger and contain more information. Sabrina Trudo from the University of Arkansas explains how this can…