Automated Behavioral Text Messaging and Face-to-Face Intervention for Parents of Overweight or Obese Preschool Children: Results From a Pilot Study

Lisa Militello   ^{1 *} , PhD,MPH ;   Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk   ^{1 *} , PhD,PMHNP ;   Eric B. Hekler   ^{2 *} , PhD ;   Leigh Small   ^{3 *} , PhD ;   Diana Jacobson   ^{4 *} , PhD

¹ The Ohio State University, College of Nursing, Columbus, OH, United States

² Arizona State University, School of Nutrition and Health Promotion, Phoenix, AZ, United States

³ Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Nursing, Richmond, VA, United States

⁴ Arizona State University, College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Phoenix, AZ, United States

*all authors contributed equally