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People receiving SNAP and D-SNAP benefits can now buy double the amount of fresh fruits and vegetables at farmers’ markets organized at five Houston Health Department multi-service centers.
he Houston Health Department is recommending children and adults and people with lung disease such as asthma avoid all outdoor exertion. Everyone else, especially children, should avoid prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors.
The Houston Health Department’s Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program and the Houston Food Bank will provide free healthy meals to children during summer appointments at nine WIC centers across the city.
The Go Healthy Houston Taskforce is partnering with the annual fundraiser Houston Restaurant Weeks for the third consecutive year to promote nutritious menu options.
The Houston Health Department (HHD) urges residents to protect themselves from heat-related illness and death. The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat advisory for the Houston region through Saturday and it will likely be extended.
Leaders of local health departments in Houston, New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and Philadelphia applaud the FDA for releasing sodium reduction targets for the food industry