Project partners included Mayo Clinic (MC), Olmsted County Public Health Services (OCPHS), Elton Hills Elementary School (EHS), Harriet Bishop Elementary School (HBS), Winona State University College of Nursing (WSU) and the University of Minnesota School of Nursing (UofM). The study was approved by the Mayo Clinic’s Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine Research Committee,
Nursing Research and Evaluation Committee, and the Institutional Review Board. Ninety-nine children of varying heights and weights were recruited from two elementary schools (EHS and HBS). Informed assent and consent were obtained from the child and the parent(s),respectively.