The research proposal will be an 8-week randomized control trial (RCT) to examine the efficacy of an eHealth intervention, namely Healthy Parental Online Education (HOPE), on fruit and vegetable intake and active playtime among toddlers enrolled in early head start programs in Lubbock, Texas. Parents with toddlers ages one to three years will be recruited from Early Head Start centers. Written consent forms will be obtained before baseline data collection. The participants will be then randomly assigned to the intervention or control group. The participants in the intervention group will receive a multi-component online nutrition intervention for eight weeks. While the control group will receive a copy of the booklet that includes the 2020 U.S. Department of Agriculture Dietary Guidelines (USDA) for toddlers and adults. The investigators will measure sociodemographic, parental nutritional knowledge, parental attitude related to healthy eating, parental self-efficacy, parental feeding practices, carotenoids in the skin of both parents and toddlers, three-day food photos, and physical activity and sedentary times of toddlers. This research proposal hypothesizes that there will be significant differences in fruit and vegetable intake and physically active time among toddlers between the intervention and control group from baseline to 3 months. The investigators also hypothesize that there will be significant differences in parental nutrition knowledge, attitude, self-efficacy, and feeding practice between the intervention and control group from baseline to 3 months.
Age range
18 Years
Sex
ALL
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Changes in Fruit and Vegetable Intake (Unit: Servings)
Timeframe: Changes in Fruit and Vegetable Intakes by toddlers from baseline to 3 months
Changes in Skin Carotenoid Score (Unit: nm)
Timeframe: Changes in Skin Carotenoid Scores by parents and toddlers from baseline to 3 months
Changes in Times Being Physically Active (Unit: Minutes)
Timeframe: Changes in Times Being Physically Active by toddlers from baseline to 3 months