Shift Your Habits with Walk Kansas

Walk Kansas, an annual K-State Research and Extension health initiative that promotes personal health and well-being by helping participants adopt healthful lifestyle habits over an eight-week period, begins March 31st and runs through May 25th. Walk Kansas State Leader and Northeast Area Family and Consumer Science Specialist, Sharolyn Jackson, says this year’s program is going to focus on shifting and developing habits to help participants eat better, move more and sleep well.

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.

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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.