Episode 5.1: Heidi Holubetz — Wildland Firefighter Nutrition

Question: Would you consider wildland firefighters athletes, and if so, what type of athlete would they be most like? Meet Heidi Holubetz (bit.ly/3W4UNbl), a master’s student in the Margaret Ritchie School of Family and Consumer Sciences (bit.ly/3f87n9m) at the University of Idaho. Wildland firefighters are considered tactical athletes who can burn 6,000 calories a day and require a solid nutrition plan. Holubetz and her fellow researchers are working to improve firefighter nutrition through education and collaborations with vendors who provide meals to firefighters. Visit our website go.uidaho.edu/thevandaltheory​. Email us at [email protected]. Learn about Idaho’s premier research university, University of Idaho, at uidaho.edu. More U of I Research and Activities Around Wildfire Fueling the Firefighters: U of I Proposes Changes to USFS Wildland Firefighter Food Contract (bit.ly/3N7o1SM) New Science Tracks Microbes in Smoke: New Science Explores Microbes in Wildfire Smoke and the Ecological Impact of Dispersal (bit.ly/3gHhcv4) Rising to the Occasion: Students Lead Fire Mitigation at UIEF and Beyond (bit.ly/3gJMq57) Music “Young Republicans” by Steve Combs (bit.ly/3f271AU) via freemusicarchive.org, not modified (bit.ly/3D7wBMV). “Reveille” by Wild Soul (bit.ly/3VZWx5N) via soundstripe.