Table 1 The content and objectives of the educational program
The content of the educational program | The educational objectives | The educational method | The educational Time |
|---|---|---|---|
Establishment a group on WhatsApp and statement the adjectives and rules | To invite and motivate mothers to participate in the study | Virtual | The first day |
Asking mothers to write the below sentence "being obesity, underweight or healthy and happy of my child!" And put it on the refrigerator and think about it | Improvement of mothers' attitudes | Virtual and interactive | The first day |
Explanations about the importance of weight management among preschoolers and the mother's misconception of their children's weight status along with sending some pictures | increasing mothers’ knowledge and improving their attitude | Virtual and interactive | The second day |
Statement some tips regarding the importance of achieving healthy growth and development in children and express the purpose of establishment of the group, again | increasing mothers’ knowledge and their motivation | Virtual and interactive | The third day |
explanations about the 5210 instruction (consumption of 5 servings of vegetables and fruits, 2 h or fewer of screen time, 1 h of physical activity and not consuming soft drinks per day) and sending relevant pictures | improvement in mothers’ knowledge | Virtual and interactive | The fourth day |
Sending text messages and two educational videos about consuming enough water and no or less consuming soft drink | Improving mothers’ knowledge and skills | Virtual and interactive | Fifth to eighth days |
Sending text messages and two educational videos for eating healthy snacks, including fruits | Improving mother's self-efficacy in creating appropriate rules for children | Virtual and interactive | Days ten to thirteen |
Description of the food pyramid and the types of food groups | improvement in mothers’ knowledge | Virtual and interactive | Fourteenth and fifteenth days |
Sending messages and two educational videos to have the healthy snacks, including vegetables | Improving the mother's self-efficacy in creating appropriate rules for children | Virtual and interactive | Sixteenth to nineteenth days |
To explain the risk factors of children’s overweight and obesity (reminder) | increasing mothers’ knowledge and sensitization | Virtual and interactive | The twentieth day |
Training on sedentary behaviors and sending educational videos | Improving the mother's self-efficacy in creating appropriate rules for children | Virtual and interactive | Twenty-first to twenty-sixth days |
They were asking mothers to write down two sedentary behaviors that the children have done less since the past week and activities that have been replaced | Improving mothers’ self-efficacy | Virtual and interactive | Twenty-seventh day |
Sending text messages about physical activity and related educational videos | Increasing the mother's skills and communication with the children, effectively | Virtual and interactive | Twenty-ninth to thirty-fifth days |
Training regarding the quality of the parents-children relationship, sending two related pictures to compare and discuss with mothers | Improvement of the quality of parent–child communication | Virtual and interactive | Thirty-sixth day |