Alex Brown, Director of THRIVE West Central, talks about how the organization used to be West Central Indiana Economic West Central District. 

Steven Templeton, PhD at I.U. School of Medicine in Terre Haute/Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, talks about COVID-19/Coronavirus and what it is.

Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) and their The State of Obesity: Better Policies for a Healthier America . The annual report provides state-by-state rankings of adult obesity rates, information on trends by region, age, gender and ethnicity, and policy recommendations for local and state government.

This year the U.S. adult obesity rate passed the 40 percent mark for the first time, standing at 42.4 percent – the highest ever recorded, an increase of 26 percent since 2008.

Indiana ranks 12th on the list. Reha Farberman talks about the study.