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6 A Look at the Texas Landscape
Pages 31-38

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From page 31...
... Identification of an obesity problem and health disparities among its population enabled the county to compete successfully for a Steps to a Healthier United States grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to address obesity, asthma, and diabetes. To put this grant to best use, the region drew on its experience with the Texas Tobacco Prevention Initiative in Travis County, which showed that multicomponent interventions involving schools and communities, the media, smoking-cessation programs, and law enforcement were more effective than single-component interventions in reducing tobacco use.
From page 32...
... School activities included enhanced physical education curricula, healthy vending machine policies, increased healthy meal choices, school gardens, and safe routes to school. Community activities included summer playground programs; employee wellness programs; improvements to the built environment; healthy cooking programs; and dissemination of information on community resources, such as faith-based organizations, recreation centers, and trails.
From page 33...
...  A LOOK AT THE TEXAS LANDSCAPE FIguRE 6-1 Concentration of the obesity epidemic in Austin/Travis County, as presented by Huang. Figure 5-1 fixed image
From page 34...
... PASO DEL NORTE HEALTH FOuNDATION, EL PASO The purpose of the Paso del Norte Health Foundation is to promote health and wellness among the 2.2 million people living in El Paso and Hudspeth Counties in west Texas and neighboring regions in southern New Mexico and Chihuahua, Mexico. The foundation carries out its mission through leadership in health education, research, and advocacy.
From page 35...
... With this grant, CCTS funded a community engagement corps and a dedicated community engagement specialist. As community engagement specialist, Nancy Correa listened to the community advisory board and identified childhood obesity as the most pressing issue for community members.
From page 36...
... Most stakeholders in Sunnyside were fairly satisfied with the amount of physical activity in which the community's children were engaged, but they identified nutrition and parent education as weak areas within a comprehensive healthy lifestyle. In response, CAN DO now offers after-school nutrition lessons for children; wellness education sessions for parents; and grocery store tours for parents and caregivers, focused on how to read nutrition labels.
From page 37...
... As chair of the LEAN Coalition, Ladage stated that its mission is to inform and increase awareness among Rusk County citizens concerning physical activity, nutrition choices, and other behaviors for optimum health. In response to needs identified through a survey conducted by the City of Henderson Parks and Recreation Department, the LEAN Coalition set its sights on making the entire city a park system by connecting neighborhoods and schools to the parks via sidewalks.
From page 38...
... Using innovation, creativity, perseverance, and commitment, the LEAN Coalition has slowly grown the acreage of Henderson's system of parks and paved trails.


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