Prevention

Stop obesity before it happens. These articles provide guidance on techniques and research conducive to wellness and healthy living.

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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 statement... Read More >	Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention: Solving the Weight of the Nation This consensus report by the Institute of Medicine focuses on five critical goals for preventing obesity. 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 >	Ounces of Prevention, Pounds of Cure "Ounces of Prevention, Pounds of Cure" is a Texans Care for Children report that tracks the progress of dozens of health-related bills filed in the 82nd Texas Legislature. Read More >
Texas Grow! Eat! Go! The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and Texas A&M University, in collaboration with the University of Texas School of Public Health are evaluating the impact of two obesity intervention programs designed to improve physical activity and eating behaviors of children. 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 >
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 >	LBJ School Reviews Childhood Obesity in Texas This January 2011 report contains information on the costs of childhood obesity and policy solutions and recommendations. 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 >	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 >

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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.