CLASS is a province-wide research project that looks at the relationships between health, nutrition, physical activity, mental health and school performance of children in Nova Scotia. CLASS was first completed in 2003 with over 5000 Grade 5 students and their parents in 282 schools.
Since 2003, schools across Nova Scotia have taken action on school health. CLASS II is trying to understand how these changes have influenced children's health and school performance by collecting similar information from students in Grade 5 in 2011.
With support from 272 schools across the province, CLASS II successfully completed data collection in with over 5,500 Grade 5 students across Nova Scotia. We will be conducting qualitative research, analyzing the data and reporting the results in 2011-2013.
Featured Publications
Use and cost of health services among overweight and obese Canadian children. International Journal of Pediatric Obesity, E-publication ahead of print.
link: http://www.pubmed.org/20874077...
Prevention potential of risk factors for childhood overweight. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 101(5), 365-68.
link: http://www.pubmed.org/21214049...
Nutrition and body weights of Canadian children watching television and eating while watching television. Public Health Nutrition, 12(12), 2457-63.
link: http://www.pubmed.org/19405988...
News and Events
On May 10th CLASS II released their preliminary research results to over 80 representatives from the Provincial Government, School Boards, District Health Authorities, schools and communities. Click here to see this event was featured on CBC news.
link: http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News...
The CLASS II research release from May 10th was also featured on CTV evening news.
link: http://atlantic.ctv.ca/liveatf...
The Children’s Lifestyle And School-performance Study (CLASS) II research team invites you to take part in the CLASS II Research Release on Thursday, May 10th from 12-4pm.