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Table 1 Sample H2GO! Pilot Intervention Session Topics and Activities

From: A youth empowerment intervention to prevent childhood obesity: design and methods for a cluster randomized trial of the H2GO! program

Weekly BGC-staff led health sessions Intrapersonal (building confidence and skills)

Weekly BGC-staff led narrative sessions

Interactional (critical thinking)

Weekly youth-led activities

Behavioral (organized youth action)

1. Water is Good for You!

(hydration demonstration)

Develop print narratives to promote water intake

Teach parents information and skills learned through parallel weekly parent-child activities

Engage parents in critical dialogues on target behavioral messages through weekly sharing of narratives

2. Re-Think Your Drink (blinded taste tests of flavored water)

Develop print narratives to encourage non-SSB alternatives

3. Find the Facts

(label reading, SSB measuring activity)

Develop print narratives to explain how to identify SSBs

4. Explore the Corner Store (scavenger hunt of SSBs and non-SSBs)

Develop audio narratives to explain how to identify SSBs

5. Water, Water, Everywhere

(role play skits to find ways to drink water)

Develop video narratives to find opportunities to drink water

6. SSB Triggers

(role play skits to manage SSB triggers

Develop video narratives to manage SSB triggers

Culminating youth-led BGC community event featuring display of narratives and flavored water taste tests

Behavioral (organized youth action)