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A new study from UTHealth Houston School of Public Health revealed that children and teenagers who volunteer are healthy and flourishing. (Photo by Getty Images)

Study: Doing good for others is good for children’s and teens’ mental, physical health

Children and teenagers who volunteer tend to flourish mentally and physically, according to a new study from UTHealth Houston.

Between 2020 and 2021, the number of weight loss surgeries among youth increased by nearly 20%. between 2020 and 2021, the number of weight loss surgeries among youth increased by nearly 20%. (Photo by UTHealth Houston)

New research shows an uptick in weight loss surgery among youth in US

More adolescents in the U.S. are undergoing weight loss surgery, according to researchers with UTHealth Houston.

Gabriela Gallegos, JD, MPP, will lead the evaluation, assessment, and advocacy team for the Rio Grande Colonias USDA Regional Food Business Center. (Photo by UTHealth Houston)

El Paso’s UTHealth Houston Center for Community Health Impact to partner on USDA Regional Food Business Center

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has selected 12 applicants that will each establish a Regional Food Business Center. UTHealth Houston School of Public Health Center for Community Health Impact has partnered with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and other Texas and New Mexico organizations to lead the Rio Grande Colonias USDA Regional Food Business Center over the next five years.

Wei-Chung Su, PhD, center, works with Minjung Kim, left, a student from National Seoul University, and Jinho Lee, right, PhD student at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, to test MALDA in an industrial setting. (Photo by UTHealth Houston)

One-of-a-kind mobile respiratory system allows researchers to see airborne particle deposits in the lungs in new depths

A fully replicated human airway system is a new experimental tool that is overcoming limitations in studying aerosol deposition in lungs at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health.


Four faculty named 2023 inductees into Kenneth I. Shine, MD, Academy

Graphic featuring the four faculty named 2023 inductees into Kenneth I. Shine, MD, Academy.

February 21, 2023

Four faculty, representing three UTHealth Houston schools, are among the inductees into the 2023 class of The University of Texas Kenneth I. Shine, MD, Academy of Health Science Education. 

The honor is bestowed annually to outstanding faculty from across UT System’s academic health institutions. They will be formally inducted with a ceremony on March 4.


New clinic program adds colorful bites for brighter futures

UT Physicians and Brighter Bites help bring a variety of fruits and vegetables to families to improve their health. (Photo by Brighter Bites)

January 30, 2023

Have you ever tried a chocolate tomato or purchased a vibrant pink dragon fruit?

These exotic-sounding fruits and vegetables are part of a unique pilot study at two UT Physicians clinics that offers prescriptions for free produce in an effort to improve dietary behaviors in children.










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