Health & Active Living

Health & Active Living Programs

 

Step Up Scale Down is a 12-week program designed to help you live a healthy lifestyle and manage a healthy weight. You will learn about ways to form healthy habits, improve your nutrition and increase physical activity to reduce your risk of chronic disease.

 

Walk Across Texas is a flexible, self-paced 8-week program where participants form teams and work together to reach a collective goal of 832 miles. Each person tracks their own physical activity—such as walking or other forms of exercise—and logs their steps or miles online to contribute to the team’s progress.

 

Maintain No Gain is a 6-week program designed to encourage participants to gain no more than 2 pounds during the holiday season. It will serve as a guide to control holiday weight gain and encourage healthy lifestyles.

 

The Health Talk Express program designed to promote chronic disease prevention through short, engaging health presentations. Each session lasts about 30–45 minutes and encourages participants to adopt health promoting behaviors that reduce their risk for chronic conditions.

Series-based presentations: – Stress Less, Live Best, – Older Adult Health, – Love Your Heart, – Life Balance

One-time presentation: – Know More About Cancer, – Diabetes: Prevent Now

 

 

Youth Programs

 

Teen Cuisine is a 6-week program focused on teaching youth in grades 6-12 essential life skills such as healthy eating, food safety, and basic cooking techniques to empower teens to make informed food choices and build confidence in the kitchen.

 

Balancing Food & Play is a 4-week multi-session series developed for elementary-aged youth that reinforces the importance of daily physical activity, limiting screen time, eating more fruits & vegetables, and drinking more milk and water.

 

 

 

For more information, please contact

Karen Cantu, M.S.

County Extension Agent – Family & Community Health

karen.cantu@ag.tamu.edu | (956) 383-1026

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