#SaludTues Tweetchat 1/31: How to Impact Wellness at Your Kids’ School

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How can you help your child succeed in 2017?

Work to ensure that schools have healthy school policies in place!

Parents and parent groups can make a difference by working with school administrators to create chages—from school nutrition to physical activity breaks throughout the day—to ensure that kids have the chance thrive physically, emotionally, and academically.

Kids in schools with strong wellness policies are less likely to consume junk food and more likely to be physically active, research shows. They also tend to do better in school!

Unfortunately, many Latino schools don’t enforce such policies.

latina girl student school classLet’s use #SaludTues on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, to join parents, educators and local leaders across the nation in tweeting solutions to boost school wellness policies in 2017.

  • WHAT: #SaludTues Tweetchat: “How to Impact Your School’s Health Policies in 2017”
  • TIME/DATE: 1-2 p.m. EST Tuesday, January 31, 2017
  • WHERE: On Twitter with hashtag #SaludTues
  • @SaludToday
  • CO-HOSTS: Voices for Healthy Kids (@Voices4HK), The School Based Health Alliance (@Sbh4all), The Alliance for a Healthier Generation (@HealthierGen)

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

  • What’s new with school wellness policies in 2017;
  • Examples of school wellness policies that promote healthy eating & physical activity; and
  • How parent teacher organizations (PTAs/PTOs) can help move school health forward this year.

Be sure to use the hashtag #SaludTues to follow the conversation on Twitter and share your stories, resources, insights for promoting school wellness policies in 2017.

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 UT Health 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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