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We advance health and healthy living for children and families through cutting-edge research, innovative community-based programs, and dissemination of evidence-based practices.
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Children who engage in regular physical activity are more likely to maintain healthy behaviors into adulthood
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Leveraging out-of-school time to promote healthy movement behaviors for children and adolescents
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3 Thanksgiving classics with a nutritious twist
Dr. Steven Kelder offers recommendations to reduce youth vaping
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Between July 2023-June 2024, Center faculty research and initiatives have impacted more than 17 million lives.
CATCH My Breath, a Center research project, was the first evidence-based vaping prevention program for school children.
The Center’s project, Texas SPAN, was the first to collect state-representative obesity surveillance data in elementary, middle, and high schools
The Center has had a direct hand in developing physical activity guidelines for schools in the U.S.
The TX RPC Project has created more than 50 data-driven resources to be used in developing and implementing health policies in Texas.
Center research led to the placement of refrigerators in Early Childcare and Education Centers to keep food at a safe temperature.
The Center’s Nourish Program offers the first ‘seed to plate to prevention’ dietetic internship in the U.S.
Since 2019, the Texas Adolescent Tobacco and Marketing Surveillance System (TATAMS) has collected data on the impact of new and emerging tobacco products.
Food is Medicine interventions have helped improve maternal and infant health outcomes.
Center work on our flagship program CATCH led to extensive dissemination of the program and development of the CATCH Global Foundation.
In memoriam: Harold W. (Bill) Kohl III, PhD

Harold W. (Bill) Kohl III, Professor of Epidemiology at the UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Austin and Research Professor of Kinesiology and Health Education at the University of Texas at Austin, died on January 7, 2024. He was regarded as a luminary in public health, epidemiology, and physical activity research. Continue reading