Table 2.

Behavioral articles provided to parents in the intensive intervention group (IIG).

Week	Title	Content
1	Self-monitoring	Parental monitoring of child activity, role of parent in child’s activity, increase steps/day by additional 1000.
2	Making time for exercise	Goal setting, scheduling time for activity, what is moderate intensity activity, maintain increased step/day of additional 1000.
3	Increasing activity outdoors	Benefits of outdoor play, role of the parents in child’s physical activity, increase steps/day by additional 2000.
4	Increasing activity indoors	Cues to activity, changing the home environment, increase steps/day by additional 3000 (achieve ≥ 6000 steps/day above baseline).
5	Checking-in #1	Identify barriers to achieving goal.
6	Problem solving	5-step problem-solving process.
7	Rewarding your child	Principles of positive reinforcement, rewards for increased activity.
8	Reducing sedentary time	Defining and identifying sedentary behavior, ways to reduce sedentary behaviors, substituting physical activity.
9	Checking-in #2	Identify barriers to achieving goal.
10	Lifestyle exercise	Incorporating activity that is part of daily living.
11	Parental modeling/social support	Parents as a role model for physical activity, obtaining social support from family members.
12	Relapse prevention	Defining and anticipating slips and relapses, ways to respond to slips.