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Texas Medical Association The Texas Medical Association is the nation’s largest state medical society, representing more than 45,000 physician and medical student members across Texas. TMA prioritizes and supports obesity prevention efforts and community-based grants for healthier and safer neighborhoods. Read More >	Access to Food Programs Improves Fitness, Health The Texas Food Policy Roundtable focuses on improving access to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Read More >
Children's Hospital Association of Texas Resources, advocacy, and resources for parents, caretakers and health professionals from the Children's Hospital Association of Texas. Read More >	Community Garden Boosts Food Quality in San Antonio The San Antonio Food Bank hosts a five-acre garden designed to increase the quality of locally grown food and fight food insecurity. The focus is also on creating a community spirit and teaching citizens how to grow their own healthy fruits and vegetables. 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 >	Dell Foundation Tags Obesity in Fight for Fitness The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation's effort to prevent and treat childhood obesity and promote healthy lifestyles. Read More >
American Heart Association's Get Moving: Easy Tips to Get Active This site helps sedentary citizens find a path to exercise by providing programs designed to offer support and encouragement. Read More >	Houston Community Group Organizes Obesity Efforts CAN DO Houston is a community organization that addresses obesity prevention and intervention in the Houston area. The group's initiatives include after-school physical activity and nutrition programs, cooking classes, grocery store tours, gardening resources and fitness and nutrition carnivals. 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 >	Michael and Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living The Michael and Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living promotes healthy living for children, families and communities through research and collaboration. This University of Texas School of Public Health program coordinates several health programs throughout Texas. 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.