#SaludTues Tweetchat 3/8/16: How to ‘Veg Out’ for Latino Kids

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Latino and other minority kids are disproportionately exposed to unhealthy foods and drinks, creating a need for increased access to and education about fresh fruit and vegetables.

That’s why, for National Nutrition Month in March, we’re inviting YOU to use #SaludTues and tweet your favorite recipes and tools, and learn cool ways to “Veg Out”!

• WHAT: #SaludTues Tweetchat: Ways to “Veg Out” for Healthy Eating
• TIME/DATE: Noon CST (1 p.m. EST) Tuesday, March, 8, 2016
• WHERE: On Twitter , hashtag #SaludTues
• HOST: Salud America! (@SaludToday)
• CO-HOSTS: Recipe For Success (@R4SFoundation), The Coalition for Healthy School Food (@CoolSchoolFood), Chop Chop Magazine (@chopchopmag), the Chef Anne Foundation (@ChefAnnFnd)

During the Tweetchat you’ll get to hear about the Recipe for Success 30 Day ‘VegOut’ Challenge and their new app.

We’ll also open the floor to examples of:

• Barriers to healthy eating both at home and at school;
• Policy initiatives aimed increasing access to healthy food;
• Ways to use technology for staying on track with healthy eating; and
• Healthy food ideas and recipes!

Be sure to use the hashtag #SaludTues to follow the conversation on Twitter!

#SaludTues is a weekly Tweetchat about Latino health at 12p CST/1p ET every Tuesday and hosted by @SaludToday, the Latino health social media campaign for the team at the Institute for Health Promotion Research (IHPR) at The UT Health Science Center at San Antonio. The IHPR is the team behind Salud America! The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Research Network to Prevent Latino Childhood Obesity, Exito! Latino Cancer Research Leadership Training Program, Quitxt and several other research projects!