Episode 36. Barbara Day – Radio Host & Past Publisher, Kentuckiana Health Fitness & Healthy Woman Magazines (1997-2010)
Barbara Day draws her inspiration from being told as a little girl that she wouldn’t amount to much.
Barbara is a nationally recognized health specialist and certified nutritionist. She is the publisher of Kentuckiana Health Fitness magazine with a monthly distribution of 47,000 and reaches thousands as the host of a successful weekly radio show.
Barbara served as sports nutrition consultant to the United States Navy SEALs and University of Louisville Athletic Department. She worked as a program reviewer for child nutrition programs for the Alaska Department of Education and wrote a program manual for family day care centers.
She also served on the Tennessee Governor’s Council on Wellness and Physical Activity due to her outspoken advocacy about nutrition and exercise strategies for children in Clarksville, Tennessee.
Barbara has an undergraduate degree in dietetics and institution management from Western Kentucky University, and a master’s degree in clinical nutrition from the University of Maryland.