Table 1 HOME Plus goals and behavioral messages for intervention families

1. Plan healthy meals and snacks with your family more often

• Get kids involved with shopping at least three times a month

• Plan and prepare healthy meals and snacks together at least three times a week

• Plan family meals and snacks using portion size guidelines

• Creatively involve kids in trying new fruits and vegetables

• Make half your plate fruits and vegetables at meals

2. Have meals with your family at home more often

• Make regular family meals a priority

• Enjoy your food, but don’t overeat

• Sit together during meal time

• Promote positive conversation at meal time

• Eliminate electronics at meal time

3. Improve the healthfulness of the food available at home

• Increase the amount and variety of fruits and vegetables in the home

• Make fruits and vegetables more visible and easily accessible in the home

• Reduce the number of high fat and high sugar snacks in the home by at least half

• Replace sugar-sweetened beverages with water

• Rely less on highly processed foods in the home