This document discusses the obesity epidemic among children and provides facts about junk food marketing targeting children, the health risks of obesity, and steps parents and teachers can take to promote healthy eating. It introduces a mobile app called Tweet2Health that is intended to encourage discussions around health issues and share medical advice within communities to help trigger healthier behaviors and nurture a healthier future.

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Obesity and Children: Know The Facts.
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2. Junk Food: It’s convenient. It’s cheap. It’s satisfying. And it’s tastes
good! Agree totally?
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3. Now here’s the other side of this smart story!
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Did you know? The food & beverage industry spends approx $2
billion per year marketing to children.
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The ban on advertising of HFSS foods to children is not far reaching
enough.
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65% of the world's population live in countries where overweight and
obesity kills more people than underweight.
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China & India together account for 15% of the world obese
population. The USA tops the list with 13% of the obese people.
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Obesity can lead to high BP, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke,
osteoarthritis & many types of cancer.
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What can parents & teachers do to make kids eat healthy?
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“Keep your friends close, your enemies closer and
the junk food as far as away as possible”.
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Should we let kids consume such harmful things?
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12. The problem is that, nobody wants to talk about it.
But we think it’s high time to take a strong committed
step towards this epidemic. Tweet2Health (T2H) is a
committed mobile app we came up with, to
encourage and stimulate such discussions and trigger
the spark to nurture a healthier tomorrow.

13. Share with your community:
BEST DOCTORS and your
medical TIPS
Learn about health
advice from others in your
community
See how your and your
friend’s contributions are
helping others
You can contribute to society with
every medical advise shared
Trigger the spark to nurture a healthier tomorrow

14. SUPPORT FELLOW FRIENDS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND
CITIZENS TO MAKE OUR COUNTRY A HEALTHIER PLACE
TO LIVE.

15. Stay Connected
Website: http://www.tweet2health.com
Download App: Android and iTunes.
Your New
Health
Destination!