Nutrition Intervention Paper

in the mothers group (Coreil, 2009). This belief will be an important determinant to the success of adding fruits and vegetables to the toddlers’ diets. If the mothers’ self-efficacy is low, this means that they don’t think that they can make or change the desired behavior (Coreil, 2009).
Program Participants
The program participants will be mothers of children aged 1-3 years old. Participants will be pulled from a convenient sample of mothers in a mother-baby exercise group that meets regularly, called Stroller Strides, based in Riverside, California. The group is currently comprised of seventy-one members who actively contribute to discussions in the online private Facebook group called Fit4MOM-Riverside Mamas. These mothers will be approached
It will consist of a pretest questionnaire, weekly (for the two weeks) information training with daily tips and tricks, and a posttest questionnaire. The intervention program will be based online for a two-week duration. This group of mothers already has daily communication through the Fit4mom Riverside community page on Facebook. There are currently seventy-one members in the group, this intervention will be open to all who are willing to participate and will be based on those who complete the pretest questionnaire. The training will begin with a video and an e-pamphlet. Following the initial training, daily tips, tricks and recipes for helping toddlers increase their plant-based intake will be posted. The mothers will learn from one another and share what they feel is conducive to changing the eating habits of their children. The second week will begin with another video or e-pamphlet providing more nutritional insights and then continue on through the same as the first. The intervention will end with a posttest after the two weeks of online training and communication. The pre-and posttests will be evaluated to see if there was an increase in fruit and vegetable consumption for the