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UTHealth presenter: San Benito participants show measurable gains in diet, activity and blood pressure
Summary
A representative from UTHealth Houston School of Public Health presented the program's 2024 annual report to the San Benito City Commission, highlighting program reach, free classes and measured participant improvements in diet, activity and blood pressure.
Rebecca Losoya, speaking on behalf of UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, presented the program’s 2024 annual report to the San Benito City Commission on May 6, 2025 and summarized outreach, services and participant outcomes tied to the city partnership.
The program operates free nutrition and exercise classes, community health worker one‑on‑one visits, and year‑long diabetes prevention cohorts. Losoya said the program recorded broad media outreach and sustained class offerings across the Lower Rio Grande Valley in 2024: about 52 television segments on Televisa, roughly 80 class series, more than 588 social media posts and about 93 free exercise classes offered weekly across the region.
Losoya credited the city’s community health worker,…
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