Table 1. Characteristics of grade 5 students attending APPLE Schools and comparison schools in 2009 and 2011.

	2009			2011
	APPLE Schools a n = 198	Comparison schools n = 454	p-value	APPLE Schools a n = 196	Comparison schools n = 309	p-value
Gender (%)			0.28			0.60
Girls	47.2	50.8		51.0	49.1
Boys	52.8	49.2		49.0	50.9
Weight Status (%)			0.03			0.13
Overweight/obese	38.3	31.3		35.2	30.1
Normal Weight	61.7	68.7		64.8	69.9
Household income (%)
<$50,000	34.7	18.1	<0.001	33.2	17.8	<0.001
$50,001–$100,000	40.0	37.2		31.2	31.8
>$100,001	25.3	44.6		35.6	50.4
Parental Education (%)			0.38			0.11
Secondary or less	31.9	27.9		26.0	19.8
College	39.1	42.8		39.9	45.1
University or graduate	29.0	29.3		34.1	35.1

^a: APPLE Schools = Alberta Project Promoting active Living and healthy Eating Schools