Infographic: Food at School & Latino Kids

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More Latinos kids have access to unhealthy snacks in schools than their White peers.

But when schools take action and set stricter nutrition standards Latino students consume 158 fewer calories and less fat/sugar, Optimized-HealthierSchools-Foodand more water, according to our new infographic on food at school and Latino kids which is which is part of the new Salud America! Healthier School Environments and Latino Kids research package on the latest science and policy recommendations on healthy schools.

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Salud America! is a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded national Latino childhood obesity prevention network based at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, the team behind SaludToday.

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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