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The Cost of Tobacco Use in Texas

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September 7, 2016
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Keeping Kids Happy & Healthy in the New School Year!

The key to balancing a busy fall schedule centered on kids and work is to get active as a family. With the kids back in school, they spend less time at home and less time with you.…
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September 1, 2016
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Is a Personal Fitness Tracker Right for YOO?

Written By Maggie Wagner, Marketing Coordinator, IT’S TIME TEXAS…
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August 5, 2016
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Is Pokemon GO an Actual Workout?

A new gaming app has made its way into the hands of the general public, and it seems like everybody and their mother has downloaded it. Pokemon Go was released less than a week ago, and already it has found…
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July 12, 2016
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#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
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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
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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
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There’s No Health Without Mental Health

Written by Karen Ranus, executive director of NAMI Austin…
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May 4, 2016
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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

Can’t Concentrate This Afternoon? You Might Be Dehydrated.

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April 19, 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

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
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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
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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
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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