Many Latino families struggle to get enough food to feed their families.
They often face hunger. Even if they do get enough food, what they have is often nutritionally vacant. This contributes to a variety of disparities in diabetes, heart disease, and other health conditions.
We need an environment of food equity.
Let’s use #SaludTues on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, to discuss emerging strategies to change environments, systems, and policies to encourage equitable access to affordable, healthy food in our schools and communities across the nation for Latinos and all people!
- WHAT: #SaludTues Tweetchat: How to Create Food Equity
- TIME/DATE: 1-2 p.m. ET (Noon-1 p.m. CT), Tuesday, May 2, 2023
- WHERE: On Twitter with hashtag #SaludTues
- HOST: @SaludAmerica
- CO-HOSTS: Healthy Eating Research (@HEResearch); Latinx Voces (@latinxvocesllc); LatinaStrong Foundation (@LatinaStrongDr); Urban School Food Alliance (@urbanschoolfood); Public Health Maps (@PublicHealthMap); Dr. Dulce María Ruelas (@DulceMariaMPH)
- HASHTAG: #SaludTues
We’ll open the floor to your comments, tips, and stories as we explore:
- What does food equity mean?
- What are some ways that people of color struggle with hunger and access to healthy, nutritional food?
- How can families, schools, communities, and governments make changes to increase equitable access to affordable, healthy, nutritious food?
Be sure to use the hashtag #SaludTues to follow the conversation on Twitter and share your strategies, stories, and resources to explore how to address food equity for Latinos and all people!
#SaludTues is a monthly health equity tweetchat focused on health equity and the Latino population at 12p CT/1p ET on the first Tuesday of each month. #SaludTues is hosted by the @SaludAmerica program at the Institute for Health Promotion Research at UT Health San Antonio.
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