Nutrition

Ozarks at Large’s Kyle Kellams talks with Jamie Baum and Tyrone Washington about research into muscle growth and recovery.

It's the season for backyard cookouts, picnics and outdoor potlucks—and if you're not careful, it's the season for foodborne illness. Ozarks at Large's latest installment of the series “Balance,” dedicated to health, exercise and nutrition, considers food safety.

The school district in Arkansas’ largest city is asking for help to pay off school lunch debt. At a press conference this week, Little Rock School District Superintendent Jermall Wright said the district's nutrition department has few resources to bridge the gap between school budgets and unpaid student lunch debt.

Arkansas is submitting a waiver to the federal government to ban candy and soda from being purchased with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders says the restrictions will encourage low-income Arkansans to make healthier choices at the grocery store.

A new research institute has opened on the University of Arkansas campus. On today's show, a tour of the Institute for Integrative and Innovative Research. Also, the deadline for Real ID is approaching and we have what you need to know. Plus, we hear about next month's Fresh Grass Festival's strong Arkansas connection.

Efforts to ban phones in Arkansas schools and to provide free breakfast for all public school students are officially law. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed the two bills into law yesterday.

A recently published study shows steady amounts of processed red meat can increase the possibility of developing dementia later. Jill Thompson, the program director for the Alzheimer's Association, Arkansas Chapter, said the new study further confirms that what we eat matters now and as we age.

As we continue our Balance series, we learn about proper hydration in all settings of these hot summer months.

The American Heart Association is teaming up with local partners, funders and DoorDash in an effort to deliver healthy food to people who live in food deserts and don’t have access to transportation. Brady Lacy, the American Heart Association's community impact director, discusses the “Food as Medicine” initiative that began this spring.

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. In this episode, they discuss intermittent fasting, a popular dietary trend.