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Almost 50% of Latino infants watch TV for more than 25 minutes a day and fewer Latino babies (22%) than White babies (46%) get regular tummy time activity.
Guidelines advise no TV watching by kids younger than 2 and 30 minutes a day of tummy time activity for babies, according to our new infographic on early childcare and Latino kids which is part of the new Salud America! Healthy Weight research package on the latest science and policy recommendations on how to ensure Latino kids reach a healthy weight by kindergarten.
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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.
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Maternal & Child HealthBy The Numbers
20.7
percent
of Latino kids have obesity (compared to 11.7% of white kids)
