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Thank you for your interest in a Healthy Texas! This survey was prepared and is being distributed by Live Smart Texas. Live Smart Texas is a consortium of researchers, prevention advocates, and government employees concerned with improving the lives of Texans at all ages, but with a specific focus on children. The information we are collecting will be used to help coordinate our efforts to keep Texas healthy.

We have generated a list of 6 different questionnaires, each of which is designed to collect information about child obesity, nutrition and physical activity programs and activities in Texas.  Please select the type of questionnaire that is applicable for your activity or activities using the brief descriptions listed below.  Please complete the full survey for each of your activities. If you do not know an answer, you may choose to skip a question. If necessary, we may need to contact you to clarity or fill in any missing data. Each dataset description should take less than 10 minutes to complete.

We appreciate your participation and thank you for your assistance in improving the health of Texans.

  1. Obesity Leadership Worksheet—this worksheet is to document datasets that contain information about child obesity, nutrition and/or physical activity in Texas.
  2. Obesity Policy and Environmental Change Worksheetthis worksheet is to document instruments and protocols used in the evaluation of child obesity, nutrition and/or physical activity programs and research, especially focusing on those developed or implemented in Texas.
  3. Obesity Program and Intervention Worksheet—this worksheet is to document child obesity prevention research that is being done in Texas.  These projects should have external funding, and strong outcome measures.
  4. Obesity Prevention Research Worksheetthis worksheet is to document programs and interventions in child obesity, nutrition and physical activity that are on-going in the community and/or clinical settings. 
  5. Obesity Instruments and Protocols Worksheet—this worksheet is to document current policies in place to address child obesity, nutrition and physical activity.  Policies include state level policies or protocols, as well as local policies/protocols that might influence school districts or even individual schools.
  6. Obesity Data Worksheet—this worksheet is to document people and/or groups who have been active or are influential in the issue of child obesity, nutrition, and/or physical activity.  These individuals and/or groups will include legislators, leaders of certain organizations, etc.  It may be that these people/groups are not actively conducting an obesity-related program right now, but their support is necessary for this effort to move forward. 
  7. Information Needs for Child Obesity Stakeholders

    If you have any questions with the survey, please contact one of the following:
    Maria Fernandez at Maria.E.Fernandez.1@uth.tmc.edu  or 512-482-6176,
    Donna Nichols at Donna.C.Nichols@uth.tmc.edu  or 512-482-6181, or
    Tiffni Menendez at Tiffni.Menendez@uth.tmc.edu  or 512-482-6178.

  
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Solicitation of Nominations for Membership to 2010 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee - Tuesday, April 15, 2008

The Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS) are pleased to announce their intent to establish a Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) and to invite nominations for the Committee. The Federal Register notice, published April 10, 2008 requests the nomination of potential Committee members.

Deadline May 24, 2008

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Upcoming Active Living Journals - Thursday, March 20, 2008

 

 A new special issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine will be released in April 2008 and include many of the papers presented at the fourth annual Active Living Research Conference in February 2007.  

The results of ten case studies funded by Active Living Research (CFP Round 4) will be published in a May 2008 special issue of the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law.

Full text articles from both journals will be available on the Active Living Research website http://www.activelivingresearch.org

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