Healthy Active Arkansas

August 12, 2016

Researcher to Lead New Center for Childhood Obesity Prevention

Ben Boulden

Aug. 12, 2016 | UAMS researchers at a new National Institutes of Health-funded center will be working hard to shrink a number — the 39 percent of the state’s children who are overweight or obese. Funded by a $9.4 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), UAMS researcher Judith Weber, Ph. D.,…

October 15, 2015

UAMS Helps Launch Plan to Improve Arkansans’ Health

Liz Caldwell

Oct. 15, 2015 | UAMS has joined with other state leaders in health care, education, business and government to launch a comprehensive plan to improve the health of all Arkansans. The plan, called Healthy Active Arkansas, was released Oct. 14 at a news conference at the State Capitol attended by representatives of the different sectors…