Format

One-year intervention consisting of four 60 minute face-to-face education sessions with nutrition educator^a and participant. Eight monthly follow-up phone calls (15 - 30 minutes each) by same nutrition educator.

Content

Session 1 (2 months post-delivery) manual with three modules provided to participant and first module explained: Maternal diet; Sessions 2 and 3 (4 and 6 months post-delivery) second module explained: Intro to solid foods; Session 4 (9 months post-delivery) third module explained: Transition into toddler foods. All modules included food monitoring tools, guidelines for goal-setting, action planning, self-rewarding and problem solving. Monthly phone calls discussed mother and child progress.

Mother Food plan

Calories^b

Servings/day (serving size)

Grains

Vegetables

Fruit

Milk

Meat and Beans

Breast Feeding

2000

6 (1oz)

5 (1/2 cup)

4 (1/2 cup)

3 (1 cup)

2 (3oz cooked)

Formula-Feeding

1500

5 (1oz)

5 (1/2 cup)

2 (1/2 cup)

3 (1 cup)

1 - 2 (3oz cooked)