Obesity
Bills that are relevant to obesity research taking place at the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living can be viewed here.
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| Bill # | Author | Status | Brief Description | Past Bills (2019) |
| HB 727 | State Rep. Eddie Lucio III | Left pending in House committee - 3/10/21 | The department will develop an initiative to reduce the adverse health impacts of diabetes, hypertension, and obesity for adults and children in border counties. The initiative must promote educational resources designed to prevent those conditions, screenings of persons at risk for those conditions, and referrals to and treatment by health care providers for those conditions. Companion Bill: SB 116 | |
| HB 1594 | State Rep. Alma A. Allen | Referred to Public Education - 3/8/21 | The Department of State Health Services School Health Advisory Committee established under Section 1001.0711, Health and Safety Code, shall develop model policies for the recess period during the school day that encourage constructive, age-appropriate outdoor playtime. The model policies must include guidelines for outdoor equipment and facilities on public school campuses that maximize the effectiveness of outdoor physical activity. | |
| HB 2887 | State Rep. James Talarico | Referred to Public Education - 3/18/21 | A school district shall require a student enrolled in full-day prekindergarten, in kindergarten, or in a grade level below grade six to participate in moderate or vigorous daily physical activity for at least 30 minutes throughout the school year as part of the district's physical education curriculum or through structured activity during a school campus's daily recess. | |
| HB 3299 | State Rep. Steve Allison | Out of House Committee - 4/28/21 | Each school district that offers kindergarten through grade 12 shall offer, as a required curriculum health, with emphasis on: (i) physical health, including the importance of proper nutrition and exercise | |
| SB 116 | State Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. | Referred to Health & Human Services - 3/3/21 | The department will develop an initiative to reduce the adverse health impacts of diabetes, hypertension, and obesity for adults and children in border counties. The initiative must promote educational resources designed to prevent those conditions, screenings of persons at risk for those conditions, and referrals to and treatment by health care providers for those conditions. Companion Bill: HB 727 | |
| SB 1049 | State Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. | Referred to Health & Human Services - 3/18/21 | The department shall establish the childhood obesity prevention demonstration program and the chronic disease prevention demonstration program under this chapter in border counties with a population of less than 800,000 and more than 400,000. | |
Obesity Resources:
1. Center SPAN Interactive Database
2. Child Obesity Crisis in Texas
3. Child Nutrition Crisis in Texas
9. COVID-19: Impact of Pre-existing Health Conditions in Adults
10. Health Fits Into Every Day
13. Nutrition and Weight Status
14. Healthy Border 2020: A Prevention and Health Promotion Initiative
15. State of Childhood Obesity Texas
16. Obesity Data
17. State Profiles
18. Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans
19. CDC Childhood Overweight and Obesity Resources
20. Adult Overweight and Obesity
21. Current Dietary Guidelines
23. The State of Obesity 2020: Better Policies for a Healthier America
24. Healthy People 2030: Nutrition and Healthy Eating
25. Healthy People 2030: Overweight and Obesity
26. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion: Physical Activity
29. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Healthy Eating Research
30. State of Childhood Obesity
31. Mission Readiness: Council for a Strong America
32. National Physical Activity Plan
33. CDC: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
34. The 2018 United States Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth
