It’s hard to eat well in America today. Food is available just about anywhere and anytime. Many of the special-occasion treats of yesterday are considered everyday foods today. And marketing pushes more food on us at every turn. Still, the media overwhelmingly tells people that eating well and losing weight are matters of personal responsibility and that being a good parent is simply a matter of saying “no.”

From revealing the secrets of how the supermarket persuades us to make purchases to visualizing how changing the food environment can change health outcomes, this tweetchat promises to be both informative and inspiring.

Join #FoodFri on Friday, September 25, 2015  from 1-2 pm ET to explores why we buy the food we buy. We’ll discuss what influences our food decisions and what we can do about it.

Spread the word! Invite a friend by clicking below.

Tweet: Supermarket Marketing Secrets to Make You Buy Revealed @ #FoodFri, 9/25 @ 1pmET w @MomsRising @CSPI. Join Us! Info: http://ctt.ec/b318w+

Tweet: Join #FoodFri to learn how supermarkets get you to buy foods you buy! When: 9/25, 1pmET. Info: http://ctt.ec/W4d9j+ @MomsRising @CSPI

To join and follow the conversation on Twitter use the #FoodFri Hashtag in each tweet.

You can also follow the chat on Twubs.com/FoodFri. Twubs allows you to follow MomsRising’s registered hashtags by creating an account. Below I have noted the steps.

1. Create an account using an email or your Twitter account.
2. Enter the desired hashtag, #FoodFri, #WellnessWed or #EcoTipTue, in the search box found at the top of the page. Click Enter. A new page will open with the desired chat.
3. Find the “Join This Twub” button found on the right-hand side bar and join the group.
4. Adjust the speed of the conversation to your liking. Options are: Fast, Medium, Slow, Slower, or Slowest.
5. Introduce yourself and join the conversation, by entering your comment, tips, or questions in the “Tweet to #FoodFri as [YourName] box”
6. Or, respond to a specific tweet by hovering over the right-hand side of the individual’s tweet and selecting one of the icons.

More about our #FoodFri Featured Co-Host(s):

Since 1971, CSPI has been a strong advocate for nutrition and health, food safety, alcohol policy, and sound science.

Founded by executive director Michael Jacobson, Ph.D. and two other scientists, CSPI carved out a niche as the organized voice of the American public on nutrition, food safety, health and other issues during a boom of consumer and environmental protection awareness in the early 1970s. CSPI has long sought to educate the public, advocate government policies that are consistent with scientific evidence on health and environmental issues, and counter industry’s powerful influence on public opinion and public policies.

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