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Junk food marketing is a problem and hurts Latino kids’ health.
To improve Latino kids’ health, we must remove obstacles to eating healthy, particularly targeted marketing of junk food.
But how do you communicate this issue to others?
Let’s use #SaludTues on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018, to Tweet about shifting people’s thinking about targeted marketing of junk food to Latino kids. We will discuss messaging and communication tips to frame the problem as a health equity issue.
- WHAT: #SaludTues Tweetchat: “Framing the Problem of Junk Food Marketing to Latinos”
- TIME/DATE: 1-2 p.m. EST Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018
- WHERE: On Twitter with hashtag #SaludTues
- HOST: @SaludAmerica
- CO-HOSTS: Berkeley Media Studies Group (@BMSG) and UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity (@UConnRuddCenter)
We’ll open the floor to your input and questions as we explore:
- Why targeting marketing of junk food to Latino kids matters.
- Messaging and communication tips to frame the problem of targeted junk food marketing.
- Policy and systems changes to help solve the problem.
Use #SaludTues to follow the conversation and facts, stories, and solutions to ensure that Latino kids have equitable healthy food options.
Click here to learn about our #SaludTues tweetchats, see upcoming tweetchats, and see how you can get involved.
By The Numbers
1
Supermarket
for every Latino neighborhood, compared to 3 for every non-Latino neighborhood
