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UTHealth presents city health program outcomes; federal SNAP‑Ed funding flagged as ending Sept. 30
Summary
UTHealth representatives reported improvements in physical activity, blood pressure and weight among program participants in Brownsville and across the Rio Grande Valley and warned that primary federal SNAP‑Ed funding for the program was eliminated in the new federal budget, with funding scheduled to end Sept. 30.
Dr. Nisa Mitchell Bennett, representing UTHealth, told the Brownsville City Commission on Sept. 2 that a long-running, evidence-based community health program operating with city support has produced measurable improvements in participants’ physical activity, blood pressure and weight — but faces an abrupt loss of its primary federal funding.
UTHealth presented year‑over‑year program outcomes and noted the university’s contract with Brownsville funds a community health worker and other activities. "Sixty percent increased their minutes of physical activity," Bennett said. "Sixty‑nine percent decreased their blood pressure if they came in with a high blood pressure. Twenty percent of the participants changed from hypertension to normal." Bennett said the program served participants across Cameron and…
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