As part of the Annual Texas Obesity Awareness Week, the Texas Health Champion Award will be presented to an organization or an individual who has demonstrated exemplary achievement in reducing the burden and/or raising awareness of the obesity epidemic in Texas. The award recipient will be an organization or individual who has mobilized community efforts to prevent and reduce obesity and promote physical activity and nutritional health through research, practice, policy development, social marketing, behavioral interventions or innovative partnerships. The award is given as part of Texas Obesity Awareness Week, at an event Sept. 13.