Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living Blog
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10 Back to School Tips for Keeping Your Kids Healthy
August 22, 2017
"Back to School" means more than new pencils and backpacks, it's an opportunity to make sure your school-aged children are ready for a healthy and active school year.
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Guest Blog: Managing Stress with Qigong (Chi-Gong)
February 3, 2017
From professional worries to personal concerns, we live our daily lives with an abundant amount of stress. So how do we get some relief? By taking some time out of our day to care for our mind and soul.
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CATCH Summertime MVP Calendars For Kids
June 10, 2016
Do you need help thinking of ideas to keep your kids active this summer? We’ve got you covered!
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When walking your child home from school is a crime.
May 25, 2016
A school in the Houston-area is making headlines for its policy regarding students walking home from school: it’s not allowed.
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Center to "takeover" at Bullock Museum food exhibit
April 1, 2016
From interactive cooking demonstrations to nutrition presentations, representatives from the Center and UTHealth School of Public Health will show how the lessons from the exhibit relate to our ongoing public health research and initiatives in the Central Texas community.
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Walk to School Day is Here!
October 1, 2015
It's national Walk to School Day! This event, originally organized to raise awareness of the need for walkable communities, has built quite a response since its start in 1997.
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TOAW Partner Spotlight: Action for Healthy Kids
September 19, 2015
Action for Healthy Kids was formed in 2002 when then Surgeon General David Satcher declared the United States had an obesity epidemic.
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TOAW Partner Spotlight: YMCA of Austin
September 17, 2015
For over 160 years, the YMCA has been dedicated to the health and wellness of people and communities they serve.
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Faculty Spotlight: Courtney Byrd-Williams
August 5, 2015
We can safely say that Dr. Bryd-Williams is a busy faculty member at our Center! She works on GAVA, CORD and CATCH, along with several other projects related to early childhood nutrition and obesity.
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Escaping the TV Show Binge
July 17, 2015
Summer used to mean a television hiatus. In the old days when four networks dominated the airwaves, TV went on vacation when you did and you had to wait until fall to see new content.
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