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No community in Texas is immune from the perils of poor nutrition and obesity. Reshaping Texas allows you to explore news, research, success stories and more by metropolitan region.

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Food and Beverages on TV: What Children are Watching and Where (PDF) Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, Cartoon Network and ABC Family aired almost half of the food advertising seen by children, according to Where Children and Adolescents View Food and Beverage Ads on TV: Exposure by Channel and Program , a March 2013 report from the Yale Rudd Center... Read More >	Report: U.S. Health in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health A January 2013 report from the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine finds that Americans have a health disadvantage at all ages when compared with similar countries due in part to obesity. Read More >
83rd Legislature Watch Get the latest on proposed obesity-related legislation from the 83rd Texas Legislature... Read More >	How Obesity Causes Chronic Diseases There is a strong relationship between diet, obesity and chronic disease. This article explore the relationship between dietary fats, cholesterol and some negative health conditions. Read More >
The Parental Stress, Childhood Obesity Link Whether it’s from increased long-term financial strain, or the day-to-day demands on their time, stressed-out parents can put their child at increased risk for being overweight or obese says an article from the November 2012 issue of Pediatrics... Read More >	Fit for the Task: Obesity and Physically Demanding Work Obesity may have a harsh impact on Texas companies hiring for physically challenging jobs — those in construction, homebuilding, oil exploration and more. Read More >
Obesity Society This group seeks to reach a variety of audiences to "advance the science-based understanding of the causes, consequences, prevention and treatment of obesity in order to improve the lives of those affected by creating the leading professional society in the field," according to its mission... Read More >	The Presidential Youth Fitness Program: Promoting Health and Physical Activity for America’s Youth The new Presidential Youth Fitness Program has moved away from measuring student performance using the President’s Challenge Youth Fitness Test to assessing health using the FITNESSGRAM® assessment. Read More >
Outdoor Advertising, Obesity, and Soda Consumption: A Cross-Sectional Study This UCLA study establishes a connection between obesity risk and the density of outdoor advertising for food and soda... Read More >	Find Nearby Parks and Natural Resources with Nature Rocks The Nature Rocks web application allows you to enter your city or postal code and see all the natural places in your area to walk, bike, hike and more. 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.