Press & Media
#healthyTXsummer Photo Contest!
Nobody knows summer heat quite like us Texans and despite our greatest efforts, we often feel that we must sacrifice……
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July 6, 2016
The Blog
Have a Sun-Safe Summer and Educate Little Texans!
With summer in full swing, many Texans are already hibernating where there’s central air, but we are all seeing more of that hot, hot sun whether we like it or not! Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States…
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June 23, 2016
Is Exercise Always Better Together?
Working out in itself can be quite a feat for most of us. Just getting to the gym or getting out of the house can be tough.…
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June 20, 2016
May 25, 2016
Five Texas School Districts Awarded for Walking the Walk!
We are proud to announce this year’s School Health Advisory Council (SHAC) Award winners! These are five Texas school districts that are truly walking the walk to make healthy easier for students, families, and staff.…
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May 23, 2016
There’s No Health Without Mental Health
Written by Karen Ranus, executive director of NAMI Austin…
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May 4, 2016
April 25, 2016
Get a Full-Body Workout Outdoors!
If you’re someone who believes the only way to get a full-body workout is at the gym, we want to prove you wrong! There are a lot of at-home or at-the-park ways to get that full body workout you’re looking…
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April 21, 2016
April 19, 2016
Choose Healthier Tip: Snacking Healthier!
Snacking is not a sin! When we snack right, we are able to better control overeating during meals.…
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March 24, 2016
How We Can Make Texas Healthier In Just One Week
Officially recognized by the Texas Legislature as the second week of April, Healthy Texas Week is our annual celebration of healthy living in the Lone Star State! We encourage you, Texans, to make it the healthiest week of the year by…
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March 22, 2016
March 21, 2016
Community Spotlight: Alvarado!
After winning big in the extra-small community category last year, Alvarado TX is back with a strong showing in the 2016 Community Challenge! Alvarado sits at first place in their size category once again, and the community doesn’t look like…
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March 7, 2016
Take a FREE Fitness Class Every Day of SXSW!
South by Southwest is bringing more than just film, media and music to Austin this year. IT’S TIME TEXAS and Choose Healthier want to make sure there’s plenty of fitness opportunities too! We’re partnering up with some of our favorite Choose…
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March 4, 2016
February 22, 2016
February 5, 2016
Community Challenge Spotlight: Corpus Christi!
The 2016 Community Challenge is far from over, and Texans in Corpus Christi are busy fighting for the prize! Corpus Christi currently sits in third place in the metro division, behind San Antonio and Austin, but Mayor Nelda Martinez is…
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January 25, 2016
Choose Healthier Coach Tip: Resolutions You Can Stick With
It’s usually around this time that we start slipping on our resolutions. Life hits us with busyness and that sense of gusto we experienced two weeks ago morphs into mid-January guilt.…
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January 20, 2016
Community Challenge Spotlight: San Angelo, TX
With almost two weeks of the 2016 Community Challenge under our (slightly looser) belts, there is already fierce competition in every……
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January 8, 2016
Easy, Healthy Holiday Gift Idea: Homemade Fruit Butter!
Mulling over what to give your friends and family this holiday season? On a tight budget?…
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December 17, 2015
Three Tips for a Healthier Thanksgiving!
With Thanksgiving around the corner, many of us here in Austin will join the mass exodus along IH-35 for the long and painstakingly slow trek home. If you’re worried about how to plan for your normally 3 ½ hours but…
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November 23, 2015
The Halo Effect
If you’re a well-informed, health-conscious person who has put on some unwanted pounds in the past year despite trying to eat healthy, there’s a good possibility that the Halo Effect was at work! As humans, we conceptualize our world using…
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November 11, 2015
Losing Sleep Over Technology
Written by Brooks Anderson, UT Austin 2016, IT’S TIME TEXAS Marketing & Design Intern…
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October 29, 2015
October 21, 2015
Provider Spotlight: Urban Roots
Urban Roots Farm Director Lea Scott was happy to chat with me, but she certainly didn’t stop to talk. She……
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October 16, 2015
