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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

Community Challenge Spotlight: Athens!

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February 22, 2016

Community Challenge Spotlight: Pasadena!

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February 5, 2016
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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
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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
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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
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Do’s and Don’ts of Halloween Candy!

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October 21, 2015
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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
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What’s the Deal With Coconut Oil?

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September 28, 2015

Choose Healthier September Coach Tip!

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September 23, 2015
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Ambassador Spotlight: Jessica Romigh!

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September 21, 2015