2024 nutrition research and resources

Published: March 6, 2024

Celebrated in March, National Nutrition Month® promotes the development of healthy eating habits that help everyone make nutritious choices year-round. In celebration, we have compiled a list of our research and resources to encourage healthy food choices.

RESEARCH AND RESOURCES

The Center has a wide range of resources exploring the status of nutrition in Texas and tips for forming healthy eating habits, including:

• The child obesity toolkit includes data, tools, and evidence-based guides for addressing the childhood obesity crisis in Texas.
  • Child obesity toolkit
• Child nutrition toolkits include best-practices and evidence-based suggestions for improving child health through food and beverage intake.
  • Child nutrition toolkit
  • Child beverage consumption toolkit
• Our Texas Research-to-Policy Collaboration (TX RPC) Project resources provide facts and research on health-related topics.
  • Grocery Gap
  • SNAP Gap
• Our recent nutrition-related blogs offer tips and tricks to stay healthy.
  • Blog: Six manageable nutrition and physical activity resolutions — pick one!
  • Blog: Q&A: Nourish team on fall produce
  • Blog: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month: Diabetes in the Hispanic Community
• These materials explore the data, resources, programs, and policies that can impact the status of nutrition in Texas.
  • Nourish Program
  • Texas School Physical Activity and Nutrition (SPAN) Project

WEBINARS

The Center’s webinar webpage houses a variety of recorded presentations of research findings from topic experts. Recent webinars related to nutrition include:

Impact of School Nutrition and Gardening Programs on Health and Academic Outcomes

Integrating Cooking Skills into Nutrition Education to Prevent and Manage Type 2 Diabetes

What’s for Lunch? The Past, Present, and Future of School Nutrition

Nutrition Education in the Digital Age: Using Generative AI to Develop Engaging Applications

Food Insecurity in Texas: State Level Policies to Make an Impact

Food Insecurity in Texas: Clinic and Community - Based Approaches 

Making the Healthy Choice the Tasty Choice 

Community-Engaged Research in Nutrition– Bridging the Gap for Better Health

Compiled by Ali Linan, communication assistant, and Emily Torres, MPH candidate and graduate research assistant at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Austin.