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State Agencies Get Fit With bragging rights at stake, state government agencies in Texas are getting fit with the inaugural Get Fit Texas State Agency Challenge... Read More >	Fighting Obesity at the Local Level: What Works Why El Paso has been the most effective region in Texas in finding tools to fight childhood obesity. Read More >
Report: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — Examining the Evidence to Define Benefit Adequacy A January 2013 report from researchers at the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council calls for changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that would allow program participants’ benefit amounts to be determined by factors beyond income... Read More >	Policies Affect Obesity Rates - Dell, UT Study Local government initiatives that have been effective in lowering obesity rates are identified in this downloadable report from the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine. Read More >
San Antonians Team Up to Slim Down San Antonio’s civic leaders and medical community are looking for the best ways to change this deeply ingrained “culture of obesity” — to get city residents to eat better and exercise more. Read More >	50 State Health Facts An interactive index of how all 50 states and the District of Columbia are using state law to arm themselves in the fight against obesity. Read More >
The (Not-So) Thin Blue Line: Obesity Challenges Police Academies Some Texas law enforcement agencies are finding it increasingly difficult to recruit cadets physically fit enough to become peace officers... Read More >	Building Healthy Texans This site provides guidance and resource for assisting Texas state agency wellness planners. Read More >
Long Live Texans Long Live Texans is developed and managed by the Texas Department of State Health Service. Long Live Texans connects agencies, organizations and communities working collaboratively in the state’s Coordinated Chronic Disease Initiative. Read More >	Comptroller: Obesity Could Swallow Texas Economy This 2011 Texas Comptroller update of a 2007 report highlights a battle Texas can't afford to lose. The report stresses the need for investment in prevention and the economic importance of healthy lifestyles. Read More >

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The 82nd Texas Legislature tasked the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts to build this web portal — a comprehensive, statewide collection of resources and information to help Texans address the economic effects of obesity. In addition, our agency was charged with using fitness data collected by the Texas Education Agency to create GIS maps showing where in Texas students are most at risk for obesity. These maps will help identify the state’s obesity hot spots — areas most in need of targeted intervention.