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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Meet 2016 Texas Health Champion, Michelle Smith
September 6, 2016
To say Michelle “wears many hats” would be an understatement—she makes the hats, dons them, and inspires others to put on their own headgear.
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Nourish U Summit cultivates ideas to promote healthy eating and drinking
June 9, 2016
“Are we nourishing our children, or are we just feeding them?” That was the central question of the keynote presentation by Deanna Hoelscher, Ph.D., R.D., L.D., and an underlying theme at this year’s Michael & Susan Dell Community Collaborative for Child Health Summit.
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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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5 Free Ways to Celebrate Texas Obesity Awareness Week
September 10, 2015
Next week is Texas Obesity Awareness Week and the best way to celebrate is to make next week your most active week yet.
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Faculty Spotlight: Donna Nichols
September 8, 2015
Promoting health on the state and national level is what Donna Nichols, MSEd, is all about.
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And the Award Goes to...Part 3
September 4, 2015
In addition to our Texas Health Champions, every year we honor "Rising Stars"-kids and teens who have already started championing health for Texans in their communities.
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Easy Habits for Keeping Kids Active
August 3, 2015
It's officially August and even though it might seem like the school year just ended, another one is already about to begin.
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Extending the conversation on sugary drinks in schools
July 30, 2015
Last week, the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity published a special issue on child obesity featuring eight articles authored by our Center researchers.
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