#SaludTues Tweetchat 9/19: Healthy Weight & Healthy Kids

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Happy #HispanicHeritageMonth!

We’re excited to celebrate Latinos, the largest racial/ethnic minority in the country, and highlight causes for health concerns and how to overcome them.

For example nearly 40% of U.S. Latino kids are overweight or obese. These are higher rates than both white and black children, and places a big burden on the current and future state of Latino health.

The good news is that healthy weight for healthy kids is an achievable goal.

Use #SaludTues on Sept. 19, 2017, to tweet with us as we explore how to improve the health of Latino kids in schools and communities!

• WHAT: #SaludTues Tweetchat: Healthy Weight & Healthy Kids
• TIME/DATE: 1-2 p.m. EST Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017
• WHERE: On Twitter with hashtag #SaludTues
• HOST: @SaludAmerica
• CO-HOSTS: @MinorityHealth, @AHA_Vida, @HeadStartgov, @USDANutrition, @KidsPartnership, @ChildDefender @KPbuenasalud
• OPTIONAL HASHTAG: #HispanicHeritageMonth

Be sure to use the hashtag #SaludTues to follow the conversation on Twitter and share your strategies, stories, and resources that can help promote the health of Latino kids!

See our Tweetchat archive.

#SaludTues is a weekly Tweetchat about Latino health at 12p CST/1p ET every Tuesday and hosted by @SaludAmerica, the Latino health social media campaign for the team at the Institute for Health Promotion Research (IHPR) at UT Health San Antonio.