Feb 3, 2020
Walk Kansas, a K-State Research and Extension health initiative that encourages people to be more physically active, begins March 15th. Each six-member team picks one of three challenges to complete during the eight-week challenge. In addition to being physically active, team members also receive newsletters and other information to help them improve their overall health. K-State Research and Extension northeast area family and consumer sciences specialist and state coordinator of Walk Kansas, Sharolyn Jackson, discusses the benefits of Walk Kansas and how it helps participants make healthy lifestyle changes.
Sound Living is a weekly public affairs program addressing issues related to families and consumers. It is hosted by Jeff Wichman. Each episode shares the expertise of K-State specialists in fields such as child nutrition, food safety, adult development and aging, youth development, family resource management, physical fitness and more.
Send comments, questions or requests for copies of past programs to ksrenews@ksu.edu.
K‑State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, a program designed to generate and distribute useful knowledge for the well‑being of Kansans. Supported by county, state, federal and private funds, the program has county Extension offices, experiment fields, area Extension offices and regional research centers statewide. Its headquarters is on the K‑State campus in Manhattan.