Families in Balance: Enhancing Household Routines and Reducing Early Childhood Obesity Among Families With Low-income

Families in Balance: Enhancing Household Routines and Reducing Early Childhood Obesity Among Families With Low-income

This study will evaluate the effects of two different approaches to support healthy family mealtime, sleep, and screentime routines: A parent leader-guided online program that promotes parent and child self-regulation as a means to improve healthy family routines versus an asynchronous program that provides parents information about healthy family routines. Families will be randomly assigned to either of these programs and changes in parent and child outcomes will be evaluated.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Parents must be the legal and custodial guardian of a 2 through 5-year-old child
• Parents must report that their child is eligible for public health insurance
• Parents must be able to complete the study activities in English
• Parents must be able to complete study activities at a study location or at home, and online/via Zoom.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Children must not have serious medical problems that affect weight, sleep, activity, or eating.