Texas Ranking in Obesity

Texas Ranking in Obesity

Texas has the 14th highest adult obesity rate in the nation, and the seventh highest obesity rate for youth ages 10 to 17. Texas’s adult obesity rate is currently 33.0%, up from 21.7% in 2000 and from 10.7% in 1990. This state profile...

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Today’s Fitness Tip – After School

Today’s Fitness Tip – After School

Today’s fitness tip is about moving after school. We want to get up and move around after sitting all day! There are lots of fun things to do after school when our homework is done. Playing outside and doing some simple exercises can be...

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Healthy Foods

Healthy Foods

A healthy diet is a diet that helps to maintain or improve overall health. A healthy diet provides the body with essential nutrition: fluid, macronutrients, micronutrients, and adequate calories.

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Brain Health

Brain Health

Mental health is one of the most current eminent problems in the United States of America. 61,500,300 Americans experience a mental health disorder in a year, that’s a whopping 1 out of 4 adults. 11% of teens have depression before the age of 18...

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Today’s Healthy Tip – Breakfast

Today’s Healthy Tip – Breakfast

Today’s easy health tip is all about breakfast. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day! Why? We need the morning fuel; because if we don’t eat breakfast our bodies are hungrier throughout the day therefore we will want more...

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