Studying the impact of ecological momentary interventions on sugary-beverage consumption by children through age 2 in low-income families

The Foundation's program, Healthy Eating Research: Building Evidence to Prevent Childhood Obesity, was designed to support and disseminate investigator-initiated and commissioned research to identify effective policy and environmental strategies to ensure that children in the United States are at a healthy weight by 2025, especially in populations and communities at greatest risk.The first 1,000 days describes the period from pre-pregnancy through age 2 years, and is increasingly recognized as a critical period for development of childhood obesity. The overall goal of this study is to test mobile technology-based ecologic momentary interventions to deliver policy-relevant health messages among families living in Washington Heights, a low-income New York City neighborhood with high prevalence of childhood obesity. The research will result in new avenues for reaching families in future interventions to promote healthy beverage intake during the first 1,000 days.