Students in grades 6 to 12 who report never eating a meal from a fast-food restaurant in the last 7 days

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
32.2
31.9 - 32.6
33.0
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
34.8
34.1 - 35.5
35.4
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
31.7
31.0 - 32.5
32.0
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
32.5
31.8 - 33.3
33.2
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
29.0
27.5 - 30.4
30.9
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
29.9
27.7 - 32.1
33.5
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
29.0
27.8 - 30.3
29.9
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
27.8
26.3 - 29.3
29.2
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
29.3
27.5 - 31.2
30.2
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
31.4
29.4 - 33.4
33.7
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
27.3
24.4 - 30.1
30.3
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
33.2
29.9 - 36.5
33.4
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
33.6
30.3 - 37.0
38.1
Dieppe and Memramcook
36.9
35.1 - 38.8
39.2
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
35.7
31.1 - 40.3
35.8
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
28.5
26.4 - 30.5
30.8
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
31.2
29.3 - 33.0
30.0
Fredericton
33.2
32.1 - 34.3
34.2
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
38.1
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
26.7
24.4 - 29.1
26.7
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
34.3
29.0 - 39.6
33.9
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
37.0
32.9 - 41.1
42.8
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
38.8
35.1 - 42.4
45.8
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
27.5
25.9 - 29.1
28.5
Moncton
35.6
34.6 - 36.5
36.2
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
35.9
32.1 - 39.6
34.0
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
30.4
25.8 - 35.1
35.3
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
39.4
35.2 - 43.7
33.3
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
26.9
25.1 - 28.8
29.7
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
31.5
28.0 - 35.0
28.4
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
32.8
31.4 - 34.2
34.1
Riverview and Coverdale
32.0
29.9 - 34.1
33.6
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
37.0
33.8 - 40.1
36.6
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
30.0
28.9 - 31.1
30.0
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
40.2
37.3 - 43.1
33.8
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
28.7
26.3 - 31.1
29.9
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
28.3
25.2 - 31.4
27.1
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
38.2
34.9 - 41.5
39.2
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
33.1
30.4 - 35.8
31.4
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
30.6
28.0 - 33.1
30.5
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
26.2
23.8 - 28.6
28.7
School districts
Anglophone East School District
34.6
33.7 - 35.5
34.3
Anglophone North School District
27.8
26.6 - 29.1
28.1
Anglophone South School District
31.4
30.7 - 32.2
31.4
Anglophone West School District
31.6
30.8 - 32.3
32.4
Anglophone sector
31.9
31.4 - 32.3
32.0
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
29.0
27.8 - 30.2
32.0
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
29.8
28.2 - 31.3
31.1
District scolaire francophone Sud
36.7
35.7 - 37.7
38.8
Francophone sector
33.2
32.5 - 33.9
35.3
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
36.5
36.0 - 37.1
38.4
Grades 9 to 12
29.2
28.7 - 29.6
28.9
Gender
Female
32.1
31.6 - 32.7
33.2
Male
32.0
31.5 - 32.5
32.2
Non-binary
36.5
33.6 - 39.3
36.9
Sex at birth
Female
32.5
32.0 - 33.0
33.8
Male
32.0
31.4 - 32.5
32.1
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
33.5
32.4 - 34.5
35.0
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
28.1
26.8 - 29.4
28.2
Immigrant
Immigrants
41.5
40.4 - 42.6
40.6
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
32.5
31.2 - 33.9
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
36.9
35.9 - 37.8
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 never eating a meal from a fast-food restaurant 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 "never" 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

Higher is better

NBHC code

SH_EAT13_3

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