Students in grades 6 to 12 who reported eating highly processed foods one time or none the day before the survey

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2024-2025 Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
32.7
32.3 - 33.1
32.1
31.7 - 32.4
38.3
37.9 - 38.7
36.7
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
34.5
33.8 - 35.2
34.6
33.9 - 35.2
40.0
39.3 - 40.7
39.1
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
30.5
29.7 - 31.4
29.3
28.5 - 30.0
35.9
35.1 - 36.7
34.0
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
30.1
29.3 - 30.9
29.8
29.1 - 30.5
37.0
36.2 - 37.8
34.6
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
34.8
33.3 - 36.4
35.0
33.5 - 36.6
41.1
39.5 - 42.6
40.7
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
32.2
30.0 - 34.3
31.4
29.1 - 33.6
38.8
36.5 - 41.1
38.8
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
37.6
36.2 - 38.9
36.9
35.6 - 38.2
42.4
41.0 - 43.8
39.5
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
32.6
31.0 - 34.1
30.2
28.6 - 31.8
35.9
34.2 - 37.5
34.8
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
38.0
36.0 - 40.0
40.2
38.2 - 42.2
41.6
39.6 - 43.7
39.0
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
35.1
33.0 - 37.3
35.0
32.9 - 37.0
42.9
40.6 - 45.3
41.7
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
31.9
29.1 - 34.7
31.7
28.7 - 34.7
37.7
34.7 - 40.7
38.7
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
37.8
34.3 - 41.2
33.0
29.6 - 36.3
38.4
34.8 - 41.9
39.5
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
32.6
29.3 - 36.0
30.9
27.6 - 34.2
40.4
36.7 - 44.0
38.9
Dieppe and Memramcook
43.4
41.6 - 45.3
38.1
36.2 - 40.0
44.1
42.1 - 46.0
41.5
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
28.0
23.6 - 32.5
31.8
27.3 - 36.3
36.8
32.0 - 41.6
28.4
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
35.1
32.9 - 37.3
36.2
34.0 - 38.5
41.7
39.5 - 43.8
40.7
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
29.5
27.7 - 31.3
30.8
29.0 - 32.7
35.8
33.8 - 37.7
34.3
Fredericton
30.9
29.8 - 32.1
30.6
29.5 - 31.7
39.1
37.8 - 40.3
36.6
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
34.3
31.6 - 37.0
31.8
29.3 - 34.3
40.4
37.9 - 43.0
41.1
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
28.0
21.9 - 34.0
30.0
24.9 - 35.1
26.8
21.6 - 32.0
30.2
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
35.3
31.1 - 39.4
38.7
34.6 - 42.9
40.2
35.7 - 44.7
39.5
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
30.3
26.7 - 33.9
28.2
24.7 - 31.6
30.4
26.7 - 34.0
30.6
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
31.9
30.2 - 33.5
30.3
28.6 - 31.9
34.9
33.2 - 36.6
34.5
Moncton
33.7
32.7 - 34.7
34.4
33.5 - 35.4
39.0
37.9 - 40.1
38.9
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
28.2
24.7 - 31.8
28.6
25.0 - 32.1
34.7
30.9 - 38.5
30.8
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
39.0
33.9 - 44.0
29.5
24.8 - 34.1
44.4
39.1 - 49.8
37.4
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
26.4
21.8 - 31.0
26.5
22.7 - 30.3
36.2
31.9 - 40.5
36.5
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
29.6
27.6 - 31.6
26.2
24.4 - 28.0
33.9
32.0 - 35.9
31.4
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
31.6
28.0 - 35.2
32.1
28.5 - 35.7
38.7
35.0 - 42.4
33.4
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
33.2
31.7 - 34.7
29.7
28.3 - 31.0
37.2
35.8 - 38.7
35.2
Riverview and Coverdale
31.7
29.7 - 33.7
32.3
30.2 - 34.5
37.5
35.4 - 39.7
35.5
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
32.4
29.4 - 35.3
31.2
28.2 - 34.2
36.6
33.2 - 40.0
38.9
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
28.5
27.3 - 29.7
28.4
27.3 - 29.5
35.8
34.6 - 37.0
34.2
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
28.9
25.9 - 31.9
31.2
28.4 - 34.0
37.5
34.7 - 40.2
35.9
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
32.9
30.1 - 35.6
37.5
34.9 - 40.1
44.6
41.6 - 47.5
41.3
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
37.1
33.8 - 40.4
33.3
30.0 - 36.6
44.9
41.3 - 48.5
41.4
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
31.1
27.9 - 34.4
31.0
27.8 - 34.2
37.7
34.1 - 41.3
29.0
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
31.5
28.7 - 34.2
30.6
28.0 - 33.3
34.4
31.7 - 37.1
34.8
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
30.7
28.0 - 33.4
32.1
29.5 - 34.7
35.5
33.0 - 37.9
33.5
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
36.9
34.3 - 39.6
35.7
33.0 - 38.3
44.8
41.9 - 47.6
39.4
School districts
Anglophone East School District
32.3
31.4 - 33.2
32.2
31.3 - 33.1
37.1
36.2 - 38.0
36.3
Anglophone North School District
31.2
29.9 - 32.4
31.2
29.9 - 32.4
36.9
35.6 - 38.3
35.9
Anglophone South School District
30.5
29.6 - 31.3
29.0
28.2 - 29.8
35.8
35.0 - 36.6
33.8
Anglophone West School District
30.1
29.3 - 30.9
29.3
28.5 - 30.0
37.1
36.3 - 37.9
34.3
Anglophone sector
30.9
30.5 - 31.4
30.1
29.7 - 30.6
36.6
36.2 - 37.1
34.8
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
37.7
36.4 - 39.0
35.2
34.0 - 36.5
42.3
40.9 - 43.6
39.3
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
35.7
34.0 - 37.4
35.9
34.2 - 37.6
41.5
39.8 - 43.1
41.5
District scolaire francophone Sud
37.9
36.8 - 38.9
38.3
37.3 - 39.3
43.3
42.2 - 44.4
42.7
Francophone sector
37.4
36.7 - 38.1
37.0
36.3 - 37.7
42.7
41.9 - 43.4
41.4
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
29.2
28.6 - 29.7
28.5
28.0 - 29.1
34.6
34.0 - 35.2
33.9
Grades 9 to 12
35.3
34.8 - 35.9
34.6
34.1 - 35.1
41.0
40.5 - 41.5
38.8
Gender
Female
34.7
34.1 - 35.3
33.6
33.1 - 34.1
40.1
39.5 - 40.7
39.4
Male
31.0
30.4 - 31.5
30.8
30.2 - 31.3
37.1
36.5 - 37.6
34.5
Non-binary
30.3
27.1 - 33.4
29.3
26.6 - 32.1
36.7
34.9 - 38.6
35.1
Sex at birth
Female
34.5
33.9 - 35.0
33.5
32.9 - 34.0
39.7
39.1 - 40.2
39.0
Male
30.9
30.3 - 31.4
30.6
30.1 - 31.2
37.0
36.5 - 37.6
34.3
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
31.8
30.7 - 32.9
30.4
29.3 - 31.4
36.2
35.3 - 37.1
35.7
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
31.2
29.8 - 32.6
31.4
30.0 - 32.8
37.3
35.6 - 38.9
36.4
Immigrant
Immigrants
33.9
32.9 - 34.9
35.8
34.7 - 36.9
40.5
39.4 - 41.7
37.8
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
29.3
28.0 - 30.7
29.1
27.8 - 30.5
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
32.8
31.9 - 33.7
33.5
32.6 - 34.5
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 reported eating highly processed foods one time or none the day before the survey.

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 "none or 1 serving" by the number of respondents who answered "none, 1 serving, 2 servings, 3 servings, 4 servings, 5 servings, 6+ servings" to the question: Yesterday, how many times did you eat or drink: c) Highly processed foods (for example, chips, chocolate, candies, ice cream and frozen desserts, fast foods like French fries and burgers, frozen entrées like pasta dishes and pizzas, bakery products like muffins, buns and cakes, processed meats like sausages and deli meats)?

Notes

This indicator has replaced SH_EATNN_1 (non-nutritious foods), which was previously available on our Web site, due to changes in our 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

Higher is better

NBHC code

SH_EHA03_1

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