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

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Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022
Province
New Brunswick
38.3
37.9 - 38.7
36.7
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
40.0
39.3 - 40.7
39.1
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
35.9
35.1 - 36.7
34.0
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
37.0
36.2 - 37.8
34.6
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
41.1
39.5 - 42.6
40.7
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
38.8
36.5 - 41.1
38.8
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
42.4
41.0 - 43.8
39.5
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
35.9
34.2 - 37.5
34.8
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
41.6
39.6 - 43.7
39.0
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
42.9
40.6 - 45.3
41.7
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
37.7
34.7 - 40.7
38.7
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
38.4
34.8 - 41.9
39.5
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
40.4
36.7 - 44.0
38.9
Dieppe and Memramcook
44.1
42.1 - 46.0
41.5
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
36.8
32.0 - 41.6
28.4
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
41.7
39.5 - 43.8
40.7
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
35.8
33.8 - 37.7
34.3
Fredericton
39.1
37.8 - 40.3
36.6
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
26.2
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
40.4
37.9 - 43.0
41.1
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
26.8
21.6 - 32.0
30.2
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
40.2
35.7 - 44.7
39.5
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
30.4
26.7 - 34.0
30.6
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
34.9
33.2 - 36.6
34.5
Moncton
39.0
37.9 - 40.1
38.9
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
34.7
30.9 - 38.5
30.8
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
44.4
39.1 - 49.8
37.4
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
36.2
31.9 - 40.5
36.5
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
33.9
32.0 - 35.9
31.4
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
38.7
35.0 - 42.4
33.4
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
37.2
35.8 - 38.7
35.2
Riverview and Coverdale
37.5
35.4 - 39.7
35.5
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
36.6
33.2 - 40.0
38.9
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
35.8
34.6 - 37.0
34.2
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
37.5
34.7 - 40.2
35.9
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
44.6
41.6 - 47.5
41.3
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
44.9
41.3 - 48.5
41.4
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
37.7
34.1 - 41.3
29.0
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
34.4
31.7 - 37.1
34.8
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
35.5
33.0 - 37.9
33.5
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
44.8
41.9 - 47.6
39.4
School districts
Anglophone East School District
37.1
36.2 - 38.0
36.3
Anglophone North School District
36.9
35.6 - 38.3
35.9
Anglophone South School District
35.8
35.0 - 36.6
33.8
Anglophone West School District
37.1
36.3 - 37.9
34.3
Anglophone sector
36.6
36.2 - 37.1
34.8
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
42.3
40.9 - 43.6
39.3
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
41.5
39.8 - 43.1
41.5
District scolaire francophone Sud
43.3
42.2 - 44.4
42.7
Francophone sector
42.7
41.9 - 43.4
41.4
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
34.6
34.0 - 35.2
33.9
Grades 9 to 12
41.0
40.5 - 41.5
38.8
Gender
Woman/Girl
40.1
39.5 - 40.7
39.4
Man/Boy
37.1
36.5 - 37.6
34.5
Non-binary
36.7
34.9 - 38.6
35.1
Sex at birth
Female
39.7
39.1 - 40.2
39.0
Male
37.0
36.5 - 37.6
34.3
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
36.1
35.2 - 37.0
35.7
Heterosexual
38.9
38.5 - 39.4
37.1
LGBTQ2+ Status
LGBTQ2+ person
36.2
35.3 - 37.1
35.7
Non LGBTQ2+ person
38.9
38.4 - 39.4
37.0
Race
White
38.5
38.0 - 39.0
36.9
South Asian
45.7
41.9 - 49.5
40.0
Other
36.3
33.6 - 39.0
37.0
Middle Eastern
39.1
36.3 - 41.8
40.3
Latino
40.9
37.9 - 43.8
39.5
East/Southeast Asian
38.6
36.7 - 40.5
33.1
Black
37.8
36.0 - 39.7
37.2
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
37.3
35.6 - 38.9
36.4
Non-Indigenous
38.9
38.5 - 39.3
36.8
Food poverty
Food poverty
35.2
33.7 - 36.6
31.6
No food poverty
38.6
38.1 - 39.0
37.1
Immigrant
Immigrants
40.5
39.4 - 41.7
37.8
Non-immigrants
38.0
37.6 - 38.5
36.6
Special needs
Has a special need
37.7
37.0 - 38.4
36.8
No special need
38.7
38.2 - 39.2
36.6
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 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, this indicator cannot be compared to previous versions. 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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