Rural Disparities in Pediatric Obesity: The iAmHealthy Intervention

iAmHealthy is behavioral intervention focused on nutrition, behavior and physical activity that engages parents and children in treatment using mobile health (mHealth) technology. Meetings are approximately one hour. Participants will log in for 8 weekly group sessions, followed by 6 monthly sessions.

Weight loss materials delivered via a newsletter. Each newsletter will cover nutritional, exercise, and behavioral suggestions to improve the child's health. The newsletter will be sent in the mail once a month for 8 months.