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Iowa's Health & Fitness Challenges

posted on January 9, 2008 at 8:53 AM

Tim Lane, Fitness Consultant for the Iowa Department of Health and part of the “Lighten Up Iowa” program, and Jim Hallihan, Executive Director of the Iowa Sports Foundation, discuss statewide issues relating to health, fitness and obesity with host Todd Mundt.

Tags: health fitness exercise obesity

Former Governors Branstad and Vilsack Discuss Health Care

posted on October 22, 2007 at 5:08 PM

Former Governors Branstad and Vilsack Discuss Health Care Having held the state's highest office for a combined 24 years consecutively, Branstad and Vilsack discuss access to quality health care, long-term financial security and where they think the presidential candidates should stand on these issues. Across every generation access to health insurance is waning as the number of uninsured Americans has risen. Learn more about these issues that are key to the future of our country and critical to Iowans' voting decisions.

Tags: campaign 2008 health insurance healthcare Mitt Romney Mike Huckabee obesity

Discussion: Treating the Obesity Epidemic

posted on April 9, 2007 at 10:33 PM

Vernon Delpesce and Carol Voss tackle questions about how to handle the obesity epidemic in America.

Tags: health fitness nutrition obesity

Discussion: Childhood Obesity

posted on April 9, 2007 at 10:33 PM

Vernon Delpesce and Carol Voss discuss how obesity affects Iowa's children.

Tags: health fitness nutrition obesity

Matt Hoover, Iowa's “Biggest Loser”

posted on April 9, 2007 at 9:06 AM

Matt Hoover, Iowa's “Biggest Loser” When Belle Plaine’s Matt Hoover was cast on NBC's “The Biggest Loser 2” the former 190-pound athlete had ballooned to a staggering 339 pounds. After losing a total of 157 pounds, he walked away with the grand prize of $250,000, but more importantly, he walked away with a new life.

Tags: obesity exercise fitness