This weeks “Focus on the Community” guest is Indiana State’s Director of Athletics Sherard Clinkscales. Great conversation about all things ISU Athletics you won’t want to miss.

On this Focus on the Community we speak with the National Youth Advocate Program to talk about what is going on with the organization and what the program does.

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.