Participants and baseline procedures
neurological or endocrine disease
RECRUITMENT, RECRUITMENT
Parents with a 2.5–3-year-old child were recruited during a routine visit to primary child health care. Recruitment took place in 19 child health care centers covering diverse geographic and socioeconomic areas in six Swedish regions (Skåne, Stockholm, Uppsala, Västmanland, Västra Götaland and, Östergötland). All recruitment procedures, randomization, and data collection were conducted by the child health care nurses at each study site. Written information about the trial was included in the invitation for the routine visit that was mailed to the home address of all eligible parents. Parents were eligible if they were able to read and/or speak Swedish, Somali, Arabic or English sufficiently well to understand the study information and provide informed consent. Families were not included if the child was diagnosed with a neurological or endocrine disease or if one parent was suffering from a serious physical or mental illness, as participation would be too demanding. During the visit, nurses reminded parents about the study invitation and provided additional verbal information about the study if requested. Thereafter, parents who consented to participate completed a paper questionnaire regarding their child’s diet, MVPA, screen time, physical fitness [