How to Add “Salud” to Kid Food (and Vote and Win a Prize!)

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Junk food shouldn’t be the only option kids have to eat.

That’s why Salud America! is presenting six new #SaludHeroes who helped give Latino kids healthier food inside and outside school.

WATCH and VOTE for your favorite “#SaludHeroes of food” by Feb. 25, 2015, and be entered in a random drawing to win a FREE T-shirt and jump rope!

#SaludHeroes of food are:

• No More “Chemical” School Food. Parents fought back against chemically enhanced burgers and paved way for fresh, healthy food for students in Fairfax, Va.
• Youth for Better Restaurants. Tired of fast food, youth pushed city leaders to get improved nutritional standards for local restaurants in Watsonville, Calif.
• Bye, Bye, Chocolate Milk. Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, parents and school leaders worked to remove sugary flavored milks from school cafeterias in Los Angeles.
• Kickin’ Nutrition. An ex-Sesame Street International producer developed an online video, gaming, and networking platform to engage and educate kids on healthy eating.
• Teens Advertise the Good Stuff. Teens worked with a corner store to make it easier for kids to pick apples over chips, starting a wave of healthy markets in Massachusetts.
• Vending Machines of Health. One man helped bring healthier vending machines to a largely Latino local high school in San Antonio, Texas.

Voting ends Feb. 25, 2015.

The #SaludHeroes with the most votes will be announced in an email and a social media message from Salud America! by March 2, 2015. The winner also will get their video prominently displayed on the new #Salud Heroes YouTube page.

Salud America! is a Latino childhood obesity network funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and led by Dr. Amelie G. Ramirez of the Institute for Health Promotion Research at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, the team behind SaludToday.

To vote, enter the random drawing, and see contest rules, go here.