What the study adds
obesity
OBESITY, CHILDHOOD OBESITY
First, the study provides timely evidence on a nurse-led staged telephone support intervention with SMS for preventing childhood obesity risk of toddlers. In particular, among low-income families there has been an increasing use of telephone or SMS for health service provision during the COVID-19 pandemic. The reduced mean BMI of children from lower income families is of public health significance in decreasing obesity prevalence at the population level [