A decade ago the U.S. Department of Agriculture replaced the food pyramid with MyPlate. MyPlate teaches that the benefits of healthy eating add up over time, bite by bite. In this episode Laura Holtrop Kohl and Judy Harris join us to talk about MyPlate, and how it can easily be adapted to a variety of foods.

To learn more about MyPlate please visit myplate.gov.

Every March during National Nutrition Month we take the opportunity to focus a little more closely on how important nutrition is to our health, but how often do we think about nutrition for the most vulnerable in our society? In this episode Nickee Andjelic and Judy Harris, from the Utah Department of Health, join us to talk about nutrition for infant babies, and the assistance offered by the Stepping Up for Utah Babies program available in many hospitals in Utah.

For more information on Stepping Up for Utah Babies please visit: mihp.utah.gov  

Making sure we get regular physical activity can be a challenge if it causes discomfort, after all exercise is supposed to make us feel better right? In this episode Laura Holtrop Kohl joins to talk about ways we can feel a little better as we exercise, and make our workouts more effective through nutrition. 

Utah State University is accepting applications now for their Master's of Public Health Program (MPH). In this episode Mateja Savoie Roskos and Casey Coombs from the USU MPH program join us, along with Judy Harris from the UDOH HEAL Program, to talk about all the different options available to MPH students, and the many professional applications for graduates of the program.

For more information about USU's MPH-Nutrition and Veterinary Public Health programs please visit caas.usu.edu/mph

To register for the Virtual Open House on Wednesday, February 23rd from 7-8pm MST please email [email protected]

February is known as a month of romance, but it's also the month we get to look at affairs of the heart in a different light. February is American Heart Month, and an opportunity to focus on heart health. In this episode John Stuligross and Danielle Forbes from the HEAL Program join us to discuss the importance of hypertension awareness, and some of the ways we can show a little love to our heart.

It happens for so many people every new year. It's that resolution to get active and get fit, but anther common resolution is to eat better. In this episode Judy Harris and Brenda Ralls join us to talk about strategies for improving our nutrition, and why it's so important.

Here we are half-way through January already, and for those who set fitness goals for the new year the reality is that those goals may be a little painful. It's easy to overdue it when we begin or change a workout routine only experience muscle pain in the following days. In this episode Dr. Brett McIff joins us to discuss why we get sore, and what we can do to help the pain.

From daily COVID cases to obesity rates, we hear a lot of numbers and data coming from public health. How do we know the data, and where does all this information come from? In this episode Brenda Ralls, one of the HEAL epidemiologists, and Dr. Brett McIff join us to help us understand how we know what we know, and how the data is collected.

It can be so hard to maintain healthy habits during the holiday season when it's cold out and we're surrounded by so many tempting but not so good for you foods. In this episode Judy Harris, Laura Kohl, and Dr. Brett McIff join us to discuss strategies for making you holiday a little more active and healthy. We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!

Winter is upon us, and in this episode Dr. Brett McIff from the Utah Department of Health, Healthy Environments Active Living (HEAL) Program joins us to discuss balance training and other strategies we can use to prevent slips and falls as we get out and get active this winter.