The Rice Hotel built in 1912 on the former site of the old Capitol building of the Republic of Texas was restored in 1998 after years of standing unused the original building was razed in 1881 by Colonel A Groesbeck who subsequently erected a five-story hotel named the Capitol Hotel. William Marsh Rice the founder of Rice University purchased the building in 1883 added a five-story annex and renamed it the Rice Hotel. Rice University then sold the building in 1911 to Jesse Jones who demolished it and built a 17-story structure on the site the new Rice Hotel building opened on May 17 1913 This historic hotel now serves as an apartment building known as the Rice Lofts designed by Page Southerland Page. . . The Texas Medical Center in Houston holds the world's largest concentration of research and healthcare institutions with 47 member institutions. Texas Medical Center performs the most heart transplants in the world the University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center in Houston is a highly regarded academic institution that centers around cancer patient care research education and prevention, In 2003 the Texas School Nutrition Policy Launch set nutrition standards with the intentions of discouraging obesity. This policy lowered the availability of foods of minimal nutritional value in schools limited portion sizes limited trans fats and limited fried foods. Texas has also required early childhood education programs to encourage breastfeeding provide drinking water access and provide daily physical activity the state also has a fund specifically for financing healthy food in 2013 the Obesity Prevention Program was created after merging the Nutrition Physical Activity and Obesity Prevention (NPAOP) and Worksite Wellness Programs. This program supports healthy eating physical activity and policies that promote healthier lifestyles.
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