Press Releases
CATCH Offers Health Tips in Celebration of National Health Education Week
Are you and your family as healthy as you can be? If not, kick off National Health Education Week in October by learning some tips that will start you on your way to a lifetime of good health. Coordinated Approach to Child Health (CATCH®) can help. Kathy Chichester, National CATCH® Coordinator, remarks, “If you want to improve your health, and the health of your family, a good way to start is with some basic steps to get you moving in the right direction. There are easy things that you can do to keep active and ensure that you are eating and drinking in a way that promotes good health.” Below are some simple steps from CATCH® that will add up to a big difference...
Read MoreThe House of Representatives and Senate Pass a Resolution Designating September as National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
September 15, 2010: To celebrate this month, FlagHouse would like to highlight CATCH, a program proven to reduce obesity rates (Coleman 2006, Hoelscher 2010), as well as other timely information for organizations seeking obesity prevention resources. The Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living at the University of Texas School of Public Health, (CATCH Research HQ) continues to study evidence-based curricular enhancements and training modules that will best provide sustainable support for organizations and their local teams implementing CATCH. “While there are many programs available that evidentially can support increases in physical activity, CATCH is...
Read MoreCATCH Applauds White House Task Force Report on Childhood Obesity…and CATCH Sites around the Country.
May 14, 2010. On behalf of the Let’s Move campaign, the Interagency Childhood Obesity Task Force just released a Report to the President: Solving the Problem of Childhood Obesity within a Generation. The report includes goals, benchmarks and an action plan to support: • Creating a healthy start for children from pregnancy through early childhood • Resources for parents and caregivers to make healthy choices for their families • Serving healthier food in schools • Ensuring access to healthy and affordable food • Increasing opportunities for physical activity in school and community CATCH communities around the country are already supporting many of the report...
Read MoreIn the Battle Against Childhood Obesity, Review Effectiveness Before Implementing Policies
Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey – March 10, 2010. In a study conducted by Cornell Economist John Cawley, Cawley states that before developing specific anti-obesity strategies, lawmakers and advocates should review the evidence on program effectiveness and costs in order to avoid policies that either won’t work or will waste money. Cawley’s article appeared in “The Economics of Childhood Obesity,” published in the peer-reviewed journal Health Affairs, March 2, 2010. Cawley, associate professor of policy analysis and management, argues that government spending should focus on programs that offer “the biggest bang for the buck.” In his...
Read MoreUTexas SPH Researchers Receive 2010 Translating Research to Policy Award
Austin, Texas – November 30, 2009. Drs. Deanna Hoelscher and Steven Kelder based at the University of Texas (UTexas) School of Public Health Austin Regional Campus will receive the 2010 Translating Research to Policy Award from Active Living Research (ALR) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. This is the third year of the award, which recognizes outstanding examples of innovators in research, policy or advocacy who have achieved success in catalyzing policy or environmental change in communities across the nation. They were selected for this award for the substantial impact of the Coordinated Approach To Child Health (CATCH) program across the state of Texas and the...
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