APPLE Schools

Alberta Innovates - Health Solutions

Alberta Innovates Health Solutions researchers are integrating public health research in Alberta schools, homes, hospitals and doctors' offices to:

1. Prevent visits to emergencies, re-admission to hospitals
2. Boost the healthy lifestyles of disadvantaged children to prevent obesity.

APPLE schools, introduced in 10 Edmonton schools by Paul Veugelers, PhD, AIHS Health Scholar, has increased consumption of fruit/veggies, increased exercise and reduced obesity in Grade 5 children when compared with a random sample of 3400 Alberta students.