. 2022 Mar 25;18(3):e13354. doi: 10.1111/mcn.13354

Table 7.

Content, aims, delivery and outcomes in eHealth interventions

Reference	Content	Aims	Delivery	Child obesity measures	Diet and PA outcomes
Helle et al. (2019)	To evaluate whether anticipatory guidance on early feeding practices would lead to healthier child eating behaviours and food habits and more beneficial parental feeding practices. The secondary aim was to evaluate whether increased use of protective feeding practices would reduce the risk of later childhood obesity	Diet only Intervention: Videos focused on infant feeding topics, such as appropriate food types and textures, how taste preferences evolve and responsive feeding practices. Videos also included cooking films and recipes on how to make homemade baby food with widely available ingredients Control: routine care Duration: 7 months	Seven monthly emails with 3–5‐min‐long videos	No significant outcomes	The intervention group reported a significant increase in the times/day score for fruits and vegetables, more likely to eat the same dinner as the rest of the family or to be playing or watching TV during meals (all p < 0.004). Children were also more likely to eat breakfast and dinner (p < 0.035) with their family versus the control
Nyström et al. (2017, 2018) (1–year follow‐up)	To assess the effectiveness of a mobile health (mHealth) obesity prevention programme on body fat, dietary habits and PA in children aged 4.5 years	Diet and PA ‘MINISTOP’ intervention consisted of 12 different themes relating to diet, PA and sleep (healthy foods in general, breakfast, healthy small meals, physical activity and sedentary behaviour, candy and sweets, fruits and vegetables, drinks, eating between meals, fast food, sleep, foods outside the home and foods at special occasions. Each consisted of general information, advice and evidence‐based strategies on how to change unhealthy behaviours. Control: received a pamphlet on healthy eating and physical activity in preschool‐aged children based on the existing guidelines. Duration: 6 months	Delivered via a smartphone mobile application to the parents, who received regular push notifications but were also able to access the content at any time	No significant outcomes	Significant decrease in the intake of sweetened beverages for intervention group children at 6 months (p = 0.049)

Reference

Content

Aims

Delivery

Child obesity measures

Diet and PA outcomes

Helle et al. (2019)

To evaluate whether anticipatory guidance on early feeding practices would lead to healthier child eating behaviours and food habits and more beneficial parental feeding practices. The secondary aim was to evaluate whether increased use of protective feeding practices would reduce the risk of later childhood obesity

Diet only

Intervention: Videos focused on infant feeding topics, such as appropriate food types and textures, how taste preferences evolve and responsive feeding practices. Videos also included cooking films and recipes on how to make homemade baby food with widely available ingredients

Control: routine care

Duration: 7 months

Seven monthly emails with 3–5‐min‐long videos

No significant outcomes

The intervention group reported a significant increase in the times/day score for fruits and vegetables, more likely to eat the same dinner as the rest of the family or to be playing or watching TV during meals (all p < 0.004). Children were also more likely to eat breakfast and dinner (p < 0.035) with their family versus the control

Nyström et al. (2017, 2018) (1–year follow‐up)

To assess the effectiveness of a mobile health (mHealth) obesity prevention programme on body fat, dietary habits and PA in children aged 4.5 years

Diet and PA

‘MINISTOP’ intervention consisted of 12 different themes relating to diet, PA and sleep (healthy foods in general, breakfast, healthy small meals, physical activity and sedentary behaviour, candy and sweets, fruits and vegetables, drinks, eating between meals, fast food, sleep, foods outside the home and foods at special occasions. Each consisted of general information, advice and evidence‐based strategies on how to change unhealthy behaviours.

Control: received a pamphlet on healthy eating and physical activity in preschool‐aged children based on the existing guidelines.

Duration: 6 months

Delivered via a smartphone mobile application to the parents, who received regular push notifications but were also able to access the content at any time

No significant outcomes

Significant decrease in the intake of sweetened beverages for intervention group children at 6 months (p = 0.049)

Abbreviations: CG, control group; IG, intervention group; PA, physical activity.