PUBLIC HEALTH


Healthy debate Physicians, lawmakers work for Texans’ health


Then-TMA President Susan Rudd Bailey, MD, spoke at a Texas Public Health Coalition press conference during the First Tuesdays at the Capitol event in March. She spread the message that the coalition’s legislative focus on preventing obesity and tobacco use would enable Texas to save money and save lives. TMA member physicians attended to show their support for the coalition’s agenda.


“By standing


together, we make a stronger impression to members.”


BY CRYSTAL CONDE Kim Avila Edwards, MD, was one of hundreds of Texas physi- cians who showed up at the Texas Capitol this year to lobby lawmakers and testify before committees on an aggressive public health agenda. Dr. Edwards, medical director of the Healthy Living Happy Living obesity intervention program at Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas in Austin, counts creation of a system to map and identify areas of Texas where children are at greater risk of becoming obese


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JIM LINCOLN


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