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Obesity increases the risk of COVID-19 complications in children, report shows
January 15, 2022
Experts say the COVID-19 pandemic has worsened the nation's pediatric obesity rate. A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that obesity in children was a determinant for hospitalization.
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Future of Fitness: Galveston, Harris county experts give advice on personal health
December 27, 2021
Wesley McWhorter, DrPH, RDN, was interviewed by The Galveston Daily News about the future of fitness as we head into a new year.
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Products Replacing-Diet With Zero Calorie
December 22, 2021
Wesley McWhorter, DrPH, RDN, spoke to FOX 26 News about the emerging trend of labeling soft drinks as “zero-calorie” rather than “diet.”
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Research Spotlight: By age 21, about 1.56 million youth in the U.S. have reported using cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and binge drinking in the past 30 days
Earlier exposure to tobacco and alcohol use increases the odds of substance abuse among youth and young adults. An important risk factor to consider for prevention is assessing the age of initiation of these substances.
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Publication Spotlight: Food Insecurity Status during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Food insecurity is by no means a recent development in the US. In fact, this issue is estimated to cost our country over 182 billion dollars a year, mostly due to health care costs. However, like many other issues in our society, food insecurity worsened in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. But how?
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Get to Know Center Faculty: Laura Moore
Interviewing faculty can be a great way to get to know more about them! Learning more about faculty research and interests can be helpful to students forming their own interests and career goals.
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Structural Racism, Unhealthy Housing, and Asthma Disparities
01/18/2022
Dr. Matsui discussed housing-related environmental exposures and their links to structural racism and asthma disparities. She also discussed potential interventions targeting unhealthy housing.
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It's Time Texas' Community Challenge: Using Competition to Activate Individual Behaviors and Build Momentum for Policy, Systems, & Environmental Change
01/12/2022
Join It's Time Texas to learn more about how they use their statewide 8-week health competition to motivate 40,000 Texans to activate individual behavior change and create a shared value for healthy living.
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Walk Across Texas! – A Community-Based Physical Activity Promotion Program
11/17/2021
Walk Across Texas!, a community-based physical activity promotion program, just turned 25 years old – and it’s still going strong.
Upcoming Events
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Jan 26
Learning to Live with Coronaviruses?
January 26, 2022 12:00 to January 26, 2022 1:00Dr. Susan Fisher-Hoch and Dr. Joseph McCormick will cover the new COVID-19 variants and their epidemiology. They will also discuss the variants implications for the future, vaccines, and other public health measures for 2022.
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Feb 15
How Good Food Works from Seed to Plate - A Discussion with the Authors
February 15, 2022 11:00 to February 15, 2022 12:00How Good Food Works from Seed to Plate offers examples of simple ways to make food taste delicious. The authors Laura S. Moore and Dr. Wesley McWhorter will talk about the challenges of healthy eating and how flavor plays such a major role in changing the way people eat.
