‘UK at the Half’: Tackling food insecurity to improve health outcomes
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 18, 2024) — The University of Kentucky’s Alison Gustafson is forming partnerships across campus and in communities throughout the Commonwealth to address issues around food insecurity and how those issues affect the health of Kentuckians.
Learn more about the work of Gustafson — and the team of researchers, clinicians, community partners, health care partners and food commodity producers she leads —by listening to this "UK at the Half," which aired Dec. 11, during the Wildcats' game against Colgate University.
You will hear from Gustafson, who holds the Gatton Foundation Endowed Chair and is a professor in the Department of Dietetics and Human Nutrition in the UK Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment. She also serves as director of the Food as Health Alliance.
Read more about Gustafson’s work and watch a video by the UK Research Communications team here.
"UK at the Half" airs during halftime of each UK football and basketball game broadcast on radio and is hosted by UK Public Relations and Strategic Communications and Marketing and Brand Strategy. To hear the "UK at the Half" interview, click on the play button above.
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