The intervention will be delivered in English or Spanish by a trained CHW and consists of three home-based visits with tailored print materials, text-messages delivered 2x/week, followed by monthly tailored print materials and phone calls during the last three months of the intervention. For in-home visits, the CHW will deliver a Motivational Interviewing session based on scripts developed in the R34. For phone calls, parents will receive a 30-minute Motivational Interviewing phone call to check in on goals and barriers and reinforce earlier concepts. For text messages, parents will be sent two times/week messages related to objectives targeted during that month's visit, such as parents setting good examples and giving children autonomy in eating. For print materials, parents will receive printed materials, highlighting nutrition and parental feeding guidance.

As done in the R34, the comparison group will receive an attention contact control intervention about school readiness promotion adapted from R.E.A.D.Y. (Read Educate and Develop Youth) designed by the Michigan Department of Education (Refs). Families in the comparison arm will receive the same intervention components as the intervention arm, but these will be focused on child reading rather than nutrition. Parents will send a video of themselves reading with a child, receive 3 home visits and 48 text-messages as well as newsletters for each visit. Instead of receiving cooking materials during the second home visit, they will receive books to read with their children.

The intervention consists of three home-based visits, followed by phone calls during the last three months of the intervention. For each visit and phone call, participants will receive tailored print materials, and during the 6 months of the interventions, they will receive text messages 2x/week. The intervention will be delivered in English or Spanish by a bilingual Community Health Worker (CHW). The CHW will be hired to serve as MI counselors for the parents in the study, and will be in charge of delivering the MI in-home or telephone sessions. CHWs will be trained for 3 months, in Motivational Interviewing, study protocols, the use of video recordings, meal preparation, and cooking, and will undergo a MI certification process. During the sessions with the participants, the CHW will deliver semi-scripted MI sessions based on the scripts developed in the pilot study.

Caloric and macronutrient intake will be averaged over two dietary recalls. Caloric and macronutrient intake will be averaged over the two recalls. Healthy Eating Index (HEI)-2015 components (total fruit, whole fruit, total vegetable, dark green and orange vegetables and legumes, total grain, whole grain, milk, meat and beans, saturated fat, sodium, added sugars, and solid fats) are assessed per 1000 kcal to provide a density-based score except for saturated fats and added sugars with are % of energy. Component scores are then summed to provide a total HEI score.

The Veggie Meter device will provide an objective, non-invasive and quick measure reflecting fruit and vegetable intake. This device uses reflection spectroscopy to detect the level of carotenoids in human skin. Three measures (10 seconds each spaced by 30-seconds) will be taken and averaged. Scores range from 0 to 800 with higher scores indicating greater fruit and vegetable intake.

Food parenting practices will be measured by the Food Parenting Inventory. Investigators will measure pre-post changes to 8 subscales: 1) child involvement in food preparation; 2) responsiveness to child's fullness cues; 3) encourage exploration of new foods; 4) repeated presentation of new foods; 5) regular timing of meals and snacks; 6) encourage try new foods; 7) inconsistent mealtimes; 8) food as a reward; and the Healthy Eating Guidance subscale of the Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire. All of the items are rated on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from never-always and disagree-agree. Higher subscale scores indicate greater use of that practice.