PHARR - Hundreds of students in Pharr-San Juan-Alamo (PSJA) ISD have been learning about the importance of eating healthy and maintaining active lifestyles thanks to a three-year grant in collaboration with the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV). Awarded to UTRGV, the South Texas Early Prevention Study (STEPS-PreK) Project grant aims to control and prevent obesity rates in South Texas pre-school children at two public school districts in the area, including PSJA ISD. The goal of this project is to investigate the efficacy of the Bienestar Coordinated School Health Program (BCSHP) in reducing childhood obesity prevalence, starting with pre-school children,