Weight Measurements in School: Setting and Student Comfort.

Objective: To examine how body mass index assessments are conducted in schools and whether student comfort with assessments varies by students' perceived weight status, weight satisfaction, or privacy during measurements.

Methods: In-person cross-sectional surveys with diverse fourth- to eighth-grade students (n = 11,510) in 54 California schools in 2014-2015 about their experience being weighed in the prior school year.

Results: Half of the students (49%) reported being weighed by a physical education teacher and 28% by a school nurse.