Students in grades 6 to 12 who report eating a meal from a fast-food restaurant 3 times or more in the last 7 days

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
12.6
12.3 - 12.8
12.7
13.9
13.1
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
10.5
10.1 - 10.9
11.3
12.6
10.0
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
12.9
12.4 - 13.5
12.4
13.9
14.5
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
12.1
11.6 - 12.7
11.8
12.3
13.0
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
15.3
14.1 - 16.6
18.3
17.9
15.6
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
14.5
12.8 - 16.3
12.0
15.1
11.7
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
16.6
15.5 - 17.6
16.8
18.1
15.7
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
15.0
13.8 - 16.2
14.2
15.9
16.4
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
14.1
12.7 - 15.6
16.2
18.7
14.6
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
12.5
11.1 - 14.0
14.4
16.1
13.2
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
14.8
12.4 - 17.2
14.0
17.0
9.8
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
20.3
17.4 - 23.2
17.9
16.0
18.5
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
14.1
11.6 - 16.7
9.0
12.3
13.4
Dieppe and Memramcook
10.1
9.0 - 11.3
10.9
10.0
7.6
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
9.9
7.1 - 12.8
7.7
9.2
8.9
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
15.6
13.8 - 17.4
18.2
19.3
16.0
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
13.7
12.2 - 15.1
12.0
11.7
16.2
Fredericton
12.0
11.3 - 12.8
11.5
12.5
11.4
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
9.2
8.9
5.9
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
16.1
14.1 - 18.1
21.8
18.0
17.4
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
10.7
7.2 - 14.1
14.2
11.3
7.9
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
12.0
9.2 - 14.8
8.8
12.1
8.2
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
10.6
8.3 - 12.9
7.1
11.0
11.2
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
14.7
13.4 - 16.0
14.2
16.4
16.5
Moncton
10.5
9.8 - 11.1
10.6
11.8
10.2
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
8.7
6.5 - 11.0
9.6
9.8
11.4
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
17.2
13.4 - 20.9
14.5
12.5
15.9
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
5.7
3.7 - 7.8
7.5
7.8
14.4
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
13.3
11.8 - 14.7
15.0
13.7
13.3
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
14.3
11.6 - 17.0
15.1
16.3
17.4
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
11.4
10.4 - 12.3
11.1
11.1
12.3
Riverview and Coverdale
8.0
6.7 - 9.2
9.2
13.8
10.2
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
12.5
10.3 - 14.6
12.5
12.4
8.4
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
14.2
13.4 - 15.1
13.3
16.3
16.8
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
9.2
7.5 - 10.9
11.6
10.6
9.8
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
11.9
10.1 - 13.6
13.0
17.5
9.7
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
16.8
14.1 - 19.4
20.3
18.5
18.4
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
9.9
7.8 - 11.9
12.1
13.9
10.5
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
12.9
10.9 - 14.8
12.8
12.8
9.7
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
14.2
12.2 - 16.2
12.2
14.1
17.6
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
18.6
16.5 - 20.8
15.1
17.8
13.5
School districts
Anglophone East School District
10.4
9.9 - 11.0
11.5
13.1
10.9
Anglophone North School District
15.2
14.2 - 16.2
15.3
19.6
17.3
Anglophone South School District
13.0
12.4 - 13.6
12.5
14.1
14.7
Anglophone West School District
12.5
12.0 - 13.1
12.3
13.0
13.6
Anglophone sector
12.5
12.1 - 12.8
12.5
14.2
13.8
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
16.7
15.7 - 17.7
15.2
15.1
13.8
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
15.1
13.8 - 16.4
17.8
18.1
15.3
District scolaire francophone Sud
9.9
9.3 - 10.5
10.4
10.1
7.8
Francophone sector
12.9
12.4 - 13.4
13.3
13.3
11.4
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
9.2
8.8 - 9.5
8.4
7.2
6.9
Grades 9 to 12
15.0
14.6 - 15.4
16.0
18.6
17.4
Gender
Female
11.2
10.8 - 11.5
11.4
n/a
n/a
Male
13.8
13.4 - 14.2
14.0
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
13.1
11.1 - 15.1
12.2
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
11.2
10.8 - 11.5
11.2
12.5
n/a
Male
13.9
13.5 - 14.3
14.2
15.4
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
11.6
10.9 - 12.4
12.1
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
17.7
16.5 - 18.8
18.1
17.2
16.9
Immigrant
Immigrants
10.9
10.2 - 11.6
11.1
14.2
n/a
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
16.0
14.9 - 17.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
13.0
12.4 - 13.7
n/a
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 report eating a meal from a fast-food restaurant 3 times or more in the last 7 days.

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 answered "3-4 times, 5-6 times or 7+ times" by the number of respondents who answered "never, 1-2 times, 3-4 times, 5-6 times or 7+ times" to the question: In the last 7 days, how many times did you: a) Eat a meal from a fast-food restaurant?

Notes

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_EAT13_2

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