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8 Live Smart Texas Panel Presentation
Pages 47-52

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... Today, Live Smart Texas is a coalition of more than 80 statewide partners, including state agencies, policy institutes, community organizations, and advocacy groups, with a shared policy agenda of preventing obesity throughout the life cycle. At its inception, the partners defined a collaborative research agenda centered on obesity prevention efforts and the development of resources to build infrastructure and capacity within all communities.
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From page 48...
...  CHILDHOOD OBESITY PREVENTION IN TEXAS FIguRE 8-1 Live Smart Texas organizational chart, as presented by Hoelscher Figure 7-1 fixed image BOX 8-1 Current Projects of the Live Smart Texas Coalition Texas Childhood Obesity Prevention Policy Evaluation (T-COPPE) • A $2 million grant awarded to the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Advance ment of Healthy Living and the University of Texas School of Public Health and Texas A&M School of Rural Public Health by The Robert Wood Johnson Foun dation to evaluate the effectiveness of childhood obesity prevention policies; Marcia Ory was a co−principal investigator of this grant • Two key childhood obesity prevention policies will be evaluated: − Texas Safe Routes to School Program -- a program encouraging students to be more physically active by walking to school − Food allocation package revisions administered through the WIC Nutrition Program Obesity Surveys • Collection of information about childhood obesity, nutrition, and physical activity programs and activities in Texas to help coordinate health efforts Live Smart Texas Website • A venue providing members with resources related to obesity prevention, includ ing links to funding opportunities, community initiatives, and publications • Also provided: general information about the initiative, announcements on obesity-related news, and communication tools
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From page 49...
... These predictions used actual data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System for 2005−2007 as a baseline, taking into account demographic changes, recent patterns of observed weight change due to aging, and recent patterns of increasing obesity among younger adults to project future obesity rates. As discussed previously, the resulting projections show that, unless preventive measures are taken, the number of obese Texans will surge to 15 million by 2040, representing 43 percent of the state's adult population (Figure 8-2)
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From page 50...
... 0 Figure 7-2 A,b CHILDHOOD OBESITY PREVENTION IN TEXAS FIguRE 8-2 Texas obesity projections, 2005−2040, as presented by Hoelscher. (continues next page)
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From page 51...
... When it gets really tough and there is gnashing of teeth and pulling of hair, you have to rely back on your guiding principles to say, ‘Yes, this is what we believe in.'" Klaus Madsen, Vice President of Programs, Texas Health Institute, noted that the coalition went through a phase in which it was closely allied with the State Health Officer, but this relationship changed following governmental reorganization. He stated, "One of the lessons learned is that sometimes, it is important to have people outside of governmental public health to drive a public health coalition, because [of the]
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From page 52...
... His perspective suggests that obesity prevention might be more successful in a state if the federal government instituted national mandates, such as nutritional updates to the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs, improvements to the Food Stamp and WIC Programs, and better food and menu labels. He added that this approach might also be a more cost-effective way of reducing obesity than implementing interventions that require local financial or human resources.
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