This was a cross sectional study in which 70, 5-9 year
old, elementary school children participated. Participants
were recruited from 2 elementary schools (28 children from
one school and 42 children from another school district)
via convenience sampling. Fliers explaining the study were
distributed to students in K-3rd grade with an invitation to
participate. This study was approved by the Institutional
Review Board at The Sage Colleges. Each child provided
assent and the parent/guardian provided written consent for
the child to participate in the study. Convenience sampling
was used. Overweight/obesity was determined using body
mass index (BMI). Based on the international BMI cut-off
points for children, participants with a BMI of < 85th percentile
were classified as NW and participants with a BMI of ≥ 85th
percentile were classified as OW.27