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

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2023-2024 Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
32.1
31.7 - 32.4
38.3
37.9 - 38.7
36.7
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
34.6
33.9 - 35.2
40.0
39.3 - 40.7
39.1
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
29.3
28.5 - 30.0
35.9
35.1 - 36.7
34.0
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
29.8
29.1 - 30.5
37.0
36.2 - 37.8
34.6
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
35.0
33.5 - 36.6
41.1
39.5 - 42.6
40.7
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
31.4
29.1 - 33.6
38.8
36.5 - 41.1
38.8
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
36.9
35.6 - 38.2
42.4
41.0 - 43.8
39.5
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
30.2
28.6 - 31.8
35.9
34.2 - 37.5
34.8
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
40.2
38.2 - 42.2
41.6
39.6 - 43.7
39.0
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
35.0
32.9 - 37.0
42.9
40.6 - 45.3
41.7
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
31.7
28.7 - 34.7
37.7
34.7 - 40.7
38.7
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
33.0
29.6 - 36.3
38.4
34.8 - 41.9
39.5
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
30.9
27.6 - 34.2
40.4
36.7 - 44.0
38.9
Dieppe and Memramcook
38.1
36.2 - 40.0
44.1
42.1 - 46.0
41.5
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
31.8
27.3 - 36.3
36.8
32.0 - 41.6
28.4
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
36.2
34.0 - 38.5
41.7
39.5 - 43.8
40.7
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
30.8
29.0 - 32.7
35.8
33.8 - 37.7
34.3
Fredericton
30.6
29.5 - 31.7
39.1
37.8 - 40.3
36.6
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
n/a
26.2
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
31.8
29.3 - 34.3
40.4
37.9 - 43.0
41.1
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
30.0
24.9 - 35.1
26.8
21.6 - 32.0
30.2
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
38.7
34.6 - 42.9
40.2
35.7 - 44.7
39.5
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
28.2
24.7 - 31.6
30.4
26.7 - 34.0
30.6
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
30.3
28.6 - 31.9
34.9
33.2 - 36.6
34.5
Moncton
34.4
33.5 - 35.4
39.0
37.9 - 40.1
38.9
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
28.6
25.0 - 32.1
34.7
30.9 - 38.5
30.8
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
29.5
24.8 - 34.1
44.4
39.1 - 49.8
37.4
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
26.5
22.7 - 30.3
36.2
31.9 - 40.5
36.5
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
26.2
24.4 - 28.0
33.9
32.0 - 35.9
31.4
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
32.1
28.5 - 35.7
38.7
35.0 - 42.4
33.4
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
29.7
28.3 - 31.0
37.2
35.8 - 38.7
35.2
Riverview and Coverdale
32.3
30.2 - 34.5
37.5
35.4 - 39.7
35.5
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
31.2
28.2 - 34.2
36.6
33.2 - 40.0
38.9
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
28.4
27.3 - 29.5
35.8
34.6 - 37.0
34.2
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
31.2
28.4 - 34.0
37.5
34.7 - 40.2
35.9
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
37.5
34.9 - 40.1
44.6
41.6 - 47.5
41.3
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
33.3
30.0 - 36.6
44.9
41.3 - 48.5
41.4
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
31.0
27.8 - 34.2
37.7
34.1 - 41.3
29.0
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
30.6
28.0 - 33.3
34.4
31.7 - 37.1
34.8
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
32.1
29.5 - 34.7
35.5
33.0 - 37.9
33.5
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
35.7
33.0 - 38.3
44.8
41.9 - 47.6
39.4
School districts
Anglophone East School District
32.2
31.3 - 33.1
37.1
36.2 - 38.0
36.3
Anglophone North School District
31.2
29.9 - 32.4
36.9
35.6 - 38.3
35.9
Anglophone South School District
29.0
28.2 - 29.8
35.8
35.0 - 36.6
33.8
Anglophone West School District
29.3
28.5 - 30.0
37.1
36.3 - 37.9
34.3
Anglophone sector
30.1
29.7 - 30.6
36.6
36.2 - 37.1
34.8
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
35.2
34.0 - 36.5
42.3
40.9 - 43.6
39.3
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
35.9
34.2 - 37.6
41.5
39.8 - 43.1
41.5
District scolaire francophone Sud
38.3
37.3 - 39.3
43.3
42.2 - 44.4
42.7
Francophone sector
37.0
36.3 - 37.7
42.7
41.9 - 43.4
41.4
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
28.5
28.0 - 29.1
34.6
34.0 - 35.2
33.9
Grades 9 to 12
34.6
34.1 - 35.1
41.0
40.5 - 41.5
38.8
Gender
Female
33.6
33.1 - 34.1
40.1
39.5 - 40.7
39.4
Male
30.8
30.2 - 31.3
37.1
36.5 - 37.6
34.5
Non-binary
29.3
26.6 - 32.1
36.7
34.9 - 38.6
35.1
Sex at birth
Female
33.5
32.9 - 34.0
39.7
39.1 - 40.2
39.0
Male
30.6
30.1 - 31.2
37.0
36.5 - 37.6
34.3
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
30.4
29.3 - 31.4
36.2
35.3 - 37.1
35.7
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
31.4
30.0 - 32.8
37.3
35.6 - 38.9
36.4
Immigrant
Immigrants
35.8
34.7 - 36.9
40.5
39.4 - 41.7
37.8
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
29.1
27.8 - 30.5
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
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 report 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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