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Dec 21, 2020

COVID-19 has been the primary health focus for much of 2020. However, the Healthy People 2030 Health Objectives – which sets national objectives to improve health and well-being over the next decade – contains more than 350 core or measurable objectives. As the Kansas Health Foundation Distinguished Professor for...


Dec 14, 2020

Eating healthfully and exercising regularly is directly connected to aging well. But, those two factors alone aren’t enough. When we look at all the things that contribute to our length and quality of life, those specific health behaviors only contribute 30%. The other 70% relates to external factors different from...


Dec 7, 2020

The pandemic has presented an opportunity for those with young children to spend more time together. However, K-State Research and Extension child development specialist Bradford Wiles says it could be a wasted opportunity if that time isn’t used to strengthen their relationship and to help them build resilience –...


Nov 23, 2020

Kansas State University and the University of Kansas Medical Center are using a National Institutes of Health grant to determine if having K-State Research and Extension deliver a diabetes prevention program across Kansas is an effective way of getting information out to rural communities. K-State Extension...


Nov 16, 2020

With many people making decisions regarding health coverage for 2021 and conducting year-end reviews of existing insurance policies for homes and vehicles, this is a good time to think about ways to manage financial risk. K-State Research and Extension resource management specialist Elizabeth Kiss (kish) discusses four...