Table 1.
Timeline of the study activities according to intervention stages.
| Stage of intervention | Recruitment | Baseline | Intervention period | Postintervention |
| Verbal consent for screening | ✓ | |||
| Eligibility screening verification | ✓ | |||
| Study invitation | ✓ | |||
| Face-to-face individual interview | ✓ | |||
| Written consent from parents and written assent from children | ✓ | |||
| Sociodemographic and participant information collection | ✓ | |||
| Anthropometric measures | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Food frequency questionnaire administration | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Biochemical data collection | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire administration | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Short version of the Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale administration | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Delivery of an educational booklet | ✓ | |||
| Goals setting for intervention group | ✓ | |||
| Multimedia messaging for a 19-week follow-up | ✓ | |||
| Phone call at 1 week to check if caregivers are properly receiving the messages | ✓ | |||
| Goal achievement assessment for intervention group | ✓ | |||
| Delivery of same intervention to waitlist control group. | ✓ |