![]() The HOME Plus program was successfully implemented and families were highly satisfied. Chi-squares and t-tests were used for process survey analysis. ![]() Process surveys were administered at the end of each intervention session and at a home visit after the intervention period. The present study included 81 families (8-12 year old children and their parents) in the intervention condition. Ten monthly, two-hour sessions and five motivational/goal-setting telephone calls to promote healthy eating and increasing family meals were delivered in community-based settings in the Minneapolis/St. The HOME Plus intervention was part of a two-arm (intervention versus attention-only control) randomized-controlled trial. This paper presents the design of key intervention components and process evaluation of a community-based program (Healthy Home Offerings via the Mealtime Environment (HOME) Plus) to prevent obesity. Given the poor dietary quality of many youth, potential benefits of family meals for better nutritional intake and great variation in family meals, development and evaluation of interventions aimed at improving and increasing family meals are needed. ![]() Involvement in meal preparation and eating meals with one’s family are associated with better dietary quality and healthy body weight for youth. ![]()
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