Executive Summary
The purpose of the Obesity Prevention Program is to make healthy choices easier for all Texans wherever they live, work, and play. This program supports and promotes projects that focus on decreasing the prevalence of obesity, decreasing the consumption of added sugars and high calorie, low nutrient foods, increasing the consumption of fruits, vegetables and water, increasing the initiation and duration of breastfeeding, and increasing physical activity. The program targets large segments of the population by promoting: (1) strategies to reduce environmental barriers to healthy living, and (2) administrative policies that facilitate healthy choices.