Center for Healthy Living News
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Getting to Know Center Faculty: Dr. Dale Mantey
Published: October 26, 2022
Dr. Mantey began his work at UTHealth School of Public Health in Austin as a postdoctoral fellow and is now an Assistant Professor of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences in the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living at the School of Public Health Austin Campus. His work centers around the health of adolescents, more specifically, the prevention of youth substance (tobacco and cannabis) use and abuse.
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Substantial proportion of ethnically diverse children from low-resource backgrounds report long-term COVID-19 complications
Published: October 19, 2022
Research from Dr. Sarah Messiah, published Monday in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, found that pediatric patients with private health insurance were 66% less likely to report long COVID symptoms versus those with government insurance.
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Walk to School Day 2022
Published: October 12, 2022
Wednesday, October 12, 2022 is Walk to School Day, an international event that takes place annually on the second Wednesday of October in which children and families from over 40 countries walk or bike to school on the same day.
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Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month: Manifest Cooler Weather with a Colombian ‘Aromática’
Published: September 30, 2022
Community Health Education Specialist, Diana Guevara, MPH, RD, LD, shares a Colombian recipe for Hispanic Heritage Month.
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Deep-rooted child obesity issue in Texas and Waco area offers no quick fixes
Published: September 27, 2022
Deanna Hoelscher, PhD, RD, was interviewed by the Waco Tribune-Herald about the prevalence of childhood obesity in Texas.
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Houston mother, 6-year-old son, battle long COVID
Published: September 26, 2022
A study led by Sarah Messiah, PhD, MPH, which showed some children suffer from long COVID, was mentioned in a Texas Standard segment.
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Synagogues collaborating to help enable food security, nutritional self sufficiency
Published: September 15, 2022
Shreela Sharma, PhD, RDN, was interviewed by the Jewish Herald-Voice about a nonprofit, Brighter Bites, which is affiliated with UTHealth School of Public Health and aims to address food insecurity among low-income families.
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Educators, other experts aim to build momentum in fight against youth vaping
Published: September 13, 2022
CATCH My Breath, developed by UTHealth School of Public Health, was included in an American Heart Association story that was picked up by Chron.com, the Beaumont Enterprise, the Laredo Morning Times, HealthDay, and other publications about initiatives to deter vaping in children and adolescents.
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Back to School: The Dangers of Kids and Vaping
Published: September 13, 2022
Steven Kelder, PhD, MPH, talked to FOX 26 News about the dangers of vaping for children and adolescents.
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Adolescents with severe obesity lost weight, kept it off, and erased comorbidities after bariatric surgery
Published: September 12, 2022
Research led by Sarah Messiah, PhD, MPH, which found that adolescents with severe obesity saw positive outcomes after bariatric surgery, was covered by Medical Xpress, Bioengineer.org, Science Magazine, and Endocrinology Network.
