Health & wellness
BY ERIC WEILBACHER
Health & Wellness Edition 2025
Readers, welcome to your annual CI Health & Wellness Edition! This brand new guide features the latest updates on health and wellness resources in the New Braunfels area, along with regional, statewide and national trends in achieving a healthier lifestyle. In this edition we break down some of the local efforts to expand parks and trails, both adding more land and adding access to them. We also provide a breakdown on local water quality and options for further filtration if so desired. We have a listings page of local med spas that have opened recently and what they offer, as well as features on two local businesses taking a unique spin on healthier living. On a personal note, this is my last issue to helm as editor for the New Braunfels Edition of Community Impact . I am moving on to focus on the North San Antonio Edition and assisting the launch of a brand new Boerne Edition this spring. The New Braunfels paper will be left in good hands, as Reporter Amira Van Leeuwen steps into the editor role.
What's inside
Learn all about water treatment standards and filtration options (Page 20)
Eric Weilbacher Editor eweilbacher@ communityimpact.com
Find a local med spa facility (Page 22)
Find out what makes The Village yoga unique (Page 28)
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County health data Comal and Guadalupe counties are fairing better than the average Texas county and better than the national average on health outcomes and health behavioral factors. Bexar County is roughly on par with the average Texas county on both counts.
Snapshot
Health data
Comal
These are some of the statistics that influence the overall health and wellness of the county.
Least healthy in US Healthiest in US
Guadalupe
Health factor
Health outcome
N
Health factors Health factors influence how well and long people live within a community. Guadalupe County Comal County
Comal County Guadalupe County
Texas
78.3 years
78.4 years
77.2 years
Life expectancy Food insecurity Infant mortality Adult smoking Excessive drinking
11%
11%
14%
6
6
6
13% 20% 71% 15%
14% 19% 66% 15%
13% 18% 82% 20%
State average
National average
Health outcomes Health outcomes demonstrate how long people live on average within a community.
Access to exercise opportunities
Uninsured (under age 65)
Comal County
Ratio of population to primary care physicians Ration of population to mental health providers
1,680:1
3,850:1 1,920:1
1,660:1
Guadalupe County
590:1
640:1
Sleep fewer than 7 hours on average
31% 31% 14%
36% 38% 17%
33% 36% 18%
State average National average
Adult obesity
NOTE: THE DATA FOR ALL COUNTIES STATEWIDE IS UPDATED ANNUALLY, BUT INCLUDES INFORMATION FROM PREVIOUS YEARS. SOURCE: COUNTY HEALTH RANKINGS AND ROADMAPS/COMMUNITY IMPACT
Poor or fair health
17
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