#SaludTues Tweetchat 9/27/16: How to Solve Latino Malnutrition and Hunger

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About 14% of all American households didn’t have reliable access to enough affordable, nutritious food in 2014.

People in Latino households were hungrier and less nourished than in white households.

Also, Latinos often live in neighborhoods with more fast food restaurants and fewer supermarkets and farmers’ markets. This leads to inadequate consumption of healthy foods and overconsumption of unhealthy foods, according to Latino-focused research.

Let’s use #SaludTues on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016 to tweet about these trends and innovative methods of solving Latino hunger and malnutrition issues.

• WHAT: #SaludTues Tweetchat: “How to Solve Latino Malnutrition and Hunger”
• TIME/DATE: 1-2 p.m. ET (Noon-1 p.m. CT), Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016
• WHERE: On Twitter with hashtag #SaludTues
• HOST: @SaludToday
• CO-HOSTS: Jonathan Bloom (@WastedFood), Food Recovery Network (@FoodRecovery), Campus Kitchens (@campuskitchens)
• SPECIAL GUESTS: American Society for Parental and Enteral Nutrition (@aspenweb) and you!

We’ll open the floor to your stories and experiences as we explore:

• What’s the state of malnutrition, hunger, and poverty among Latinos?
• What role does food waste and food rescue play?
• What programs, people, and students are working to reduce hunger?

Be sure to use the hashtag #SaludTues to follow the conversation on Twitter and share tips and resources that can help get reduce hunger and malnutrition among Latino families.

#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 Salud America! and the Institute for Health Promotion Research (IHPR) at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.