Tweetchat: How to Solve the Crisis of Sugary Drinks and Latino Kids

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Three of every four Latino kids have had a sugary drink by their second birthday, compared to less than half of white kids.

Regular consumption can have alarming health consequences.

In fact, being Latino and drinking sugary beverages at least once in the past week were associated with 2.3 times the odds of severe obesity in kindergarten, which can lead to diabetes and worse, according to new research package to be released Dec. 5, 2016, from Salud America!, an obesity prevention network at UT Health San Antonio, and Bridging the Gap, an obesity research team at the University of Illinois.

tweetchat-promo-2-12-6-16Let’s use #SaludTues on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016, to tweet about the new research and strategies to reduce consumption of sugary drinks among Latino kids:

  • WHAT: #SaludTues Tweetchat: “The Crisis of Sugary Drinks and Latino Kids”
  • TIME/DATE: 1-2 p.m. ET (Noon-1 p.m. CT), Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016
  • WHERE: On Twitter with hashtag #SaludTues
  • HOST: @SaludToday
  • CO-HOSTS: Bridging the Gap (@BTGresearch), Healthy Food America (@HealthyFA)
  • SPECIAL GUESTS: You!

We’ll open the floor to your comments, tips, and stories as we explore:

  • Findings from the brand-new “Sugary Drinks and Latino Kids” research package from Salud America! and Bridging the Gap (to be released on Dec. 5, 2016).
  • Just how many sugary drinks do Latino kids consume?
  • What are the health ramifications of too many sugary drinks?
  • What are the most effective ways to curb sugary drink consumption?

Be sure to use the hashtag #SaludTues to follow the conversation on Twitter and share stories and resources that can help reduce consumption of sugary drinks by Latino kids.

See our full Tweetchat schedule.

#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 of the Institute for Health Promotion Research (IHPR) at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and its Salud America! obesity prevention program funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

By The Numbers By The Numbers

20.7

percent

of Latino kids have obesity (compared to 11.7% of white kids)

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