| Affiliations: | DeBakey Executive Research Leadership Program |
| Project Leader: | Jacob Szeszulski, Ph.D. Jacob.Szeszulski@agnet.tamu.edu Nutrition and Food Science |
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Meeting Times:
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Wednesday 1:00pm |
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Team Size:
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4
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| Open Spots: | 0 |
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Special Opportunities:
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Team members may have additional opportunities to publish or coauthor conference abstracts, manuscripts, or generate products that share information with community stakeholders. Team members in the Dallas area may have opportunities to be involved with additional data collection
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Team Needs:
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Team member should be familiar with healthy physical activity and nutrition practices, be detail oriented, and be able to work well with other team members to discuss differences to a resolution. Most team meetings will occur virtually, but 1-2 meetings per semester may occur in person |
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Description:
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Healthy School Recognized Campus Program (HSRC): HSRC is a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension program that supports the delivery of school-based physical activity and nutrition programs for diverse youth across Texas. In the last year, 15 schools and over 3,500 youth participated in HSRC, which required that schools delivered 1) Walk Across Texas – an evidence-based approach for increasing physical activity – and 2) two to four other physical activity and nutrition programs for youth. The HSRC program also provides recognition via a banner and/or proclamation at the local school board meeting – an approach we have previously found effective for improving youth BMI and cardiovascular fitness in a different school recognition program |