Students in grades 6 to 12 who are overweight or obese (based on self-reported height and weight)

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
26.9
26.5 - 27.4
26.5
26.1 - 27.0
28.3
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
26.1
25.3 - 26.9
26.2
25.4 - 27.1
28.6
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
26.1
25.2 - 27.0
25.3
24.4 - 26.3
26.9
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
27.2
26.3 - 28.1
26.3
25.4 - 27.3
27.4
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
27.2
25.3 - 29.1
27.8
25.9 - 29.7
29.8
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
27.1
24.3 - 29.9
27.6
24.7 - 30.5
33.3
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
28.1
26.4 - 29.7
28.0
26.3 - 29.7
29.2
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
32.7
30.6 - 34.8
31.0
29.0 - 33.1
32.6
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
27.4
25.1 - 29.8
27.0
24.6 - 29.5
27.9
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
32.7
29.9 - 35.4
31.5
28.5 - 34.6
39.2
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
27.9
23.9 - 31.8
27.7
23.8 - 31.6
35.4
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
23.9
19.8 - 28.1
20.9
16.9 - 24.9
27.3
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
26.2
22.3 - 30.1
27.4
23.0 - 31.9
30.4
Dieppe and Memramcook
20.8
18.7 - 22.9
20.3
18.2 - 22.4
23.5
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
38.6
32.3 - 44.9
44.4
37.8 - 51.0
37.0
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
28.8
26.0 - 31.5
28.4
25.7 - 31.0
30.9
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
30.1
27.8 - 32.5
28.4
26.0 - 30.7
31.3
Fredericton
24.3
23.0 - 25.5
23.6
22.3 - 25.0
24.1
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
34.5
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
24.7
21.7 - 27.8
25.8
22.7 - 28.9
27.9
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
26.5
20.7 - 32.4
32.0
25.3 - 38.7
26.4
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
27.5
22.5 - 32.5
30.5
25.1 - 36.0
29.5
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
33.0
28.4 - 37.5
35.3
30.4 - 40.1
34.1
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
32.7
30.5 - 34.9
31.0
28.9 - 33.2
32.4
Moncton
25.5
24.4 - 26.7
25.0
23.7 - 26.2
27.4
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
31.0
26.4 - 35.7
25.3
21.0 - 29.6
28.9
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
33.4
26.7 - 40.0
30.9
23.8 - 38.1
34.1
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
25.8
20.8 - 30.9
19.9
15.3 - 24.6
25.1
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
28.7
26.2 - 31.2
26.6
24.2 - 29.0
29.4
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
33.6
28.7 - 38.6
33.7
28.9 - 38.5
37.0
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
20.2
18.7 - 21.8
19.8
18.3 - 21.4
18.8
Riverview and Coverdale
26.2
23.8 - 28.7
28.5
26.0 - 31.0
26.8
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
28.7
24.9 - 32.6
29.0
24.9 - 33.1
23.4
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
27.8
26.4 - 29.2
26.4
25.0 - 27.8
29.5
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
26.2
23.1 - 29.4
30.9
27.5 - 34.3
33.0
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
28.1
24.8 - 31.3
28.8
25.1 - 32.4
32.9
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
32.4
27.7 - 37.2
37.1
32.2 - 41.9
39.7
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
29.7
25.8 - 33.6
34.5
29.9 - 39.0
35.2
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
28.7
25.2 - 32.1
31.9
28.5 - 35.4
28.7
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
29.8
26.7 - 33.0
25.0
22.2 - 27.9
31.0
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
29.8
26.3 - 33.3
29.2
25.5 - 32.8
28.8
School districts
Anglophone East School District
27.1
26.0 - 28.1
27.5
26.4 - 28.6
27.9
Anglophone North School District
32.1
30.5 - 33.8
30.7
29.0 - 32.4
33.3
Anglophone South School District
26.0
25.1 - 27.0
25.4
24.5 - 26.4
27.2
Anglophone West School District
27.7
26.7 - 28.6
26.4
25.5 - 27.4
28.0
Anglophone sector
27.5
26.9 - 28.0
26.8
26.3 - 27.4
28.3
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
27.4
25.7 - 29.0
27.6
26.0 - 29.3
30.2
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
27.1
25.1 - 29.1
27.8
25.8 - 29.8
29.4
District scolaire francophone Sud
23.6
22.4 - 24.7
23.8
22.4 - 25.1
26.9
Francophone sector
25.4
24.5 - 26.2
25.7
24.8 - 26.7
28.4
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
29.2
28.4 - 30.0
29.5
28.7 - 30.3
31.1
Grades 9 to 12
25.8
25.3 - 26.4
25.2
24.6 - 25.7
27.0
Gender
Female
21.1
20.5 - 21.8
20.6
19.9 - 21.3
21.9
Male
30.9
30.3 - 31.5
30.6
29.9 - 31.2
33.0
Non-binary
34.4
30.3 - 38.5
34.2
31.4 - 36.9
32.9
Sex at birth
Female
22.0
21.4 - 22.7
21.6
21.0 - 22.3
22.9
Male
30.9
30.2 - 31.5
30.6
29.9 - 31.3
32.9
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
32.7
31.2 - 34.2
30.7
29.5 - 31.9
32.4
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
35.3
33.4 - 37.1
34.4
32.3 - 36.5
38.7
Immigrant
Immigrants
24.1
22.8 - 25.4
21.8
20.5 - 23.1
24.5
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
30.7
28.8 - 32.6
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
26.0
24.9 - 27.2
n/a
n/a
n/a = Not applicable / not available
S = Data suppressed due to confidentiality requirements and/or small sample size

About

This indicator is the percentage of students in grades 6 to 12 who are overweight or obese (based on self-reported height and weight).

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Student Wellness and Education Survey - Grades 6-12

Calculations

This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who "have a BMI higher than an age/gender specific cutoff" by the number of respondents who "give their height and their weight". The BMI is obtained by dividing the weight in kilograms by the height in square metres. Conversions are applied to obtain the correct unit of measure from the following questions: How much do you weigh without your shoes on? And how tall are you without your shoes on?

Notes

This indicator has replaced SH_BMI02_3, which was previously available on our Web site, due to changes in our calculation methodology for the 2021-2022 edition of the questionnaire. Users are advised to exercise caution if comparing data from the community of Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area to other New Brunswick communities. The data for the community of Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area is based on students in grades 6 to 8, while data from the other communities are based on students in grades 6 to 12. Survey results are assigned to communities based on the location of the school. The community of Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area does not have any schools with grades 9 to 12.

Unit

%

Interpretation

Lower is better

NBHC code

SH_BMI03_1

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