Students in grades 6 to 12 who report skipping breakfast because they feel sick when they eat it

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
17.2
12.8
11.8
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
14.9
11.2
9.8
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
19.6
14.5
12.9
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
18.4
14.1
12.9
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
14.5
10.6
9.9
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
17.3
10.4
12.1
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
15.2
11.8
11.0
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
20.0
12.7
14.3
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
17.2
13.4
12.0
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
15.2
12.1
10.5
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
16.4
10.3
10.2
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
14.0
10.3
8.5
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
18.6
10.5
13.9
Dieppe and Memramcook
9.2
8.7
5.8
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
16.3
12.8
12.7
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
13.3
11.2
8.9
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
20.6
12.8
13.7
Fredericton
16.5
13.4
10.9
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
13.2
9.5
8.6
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
16.8
11.0
11.8
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
20.0
12.7
11.0
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
14.1
7.5
9.0
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
20.3
15.0
13.1
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
19.4
12.7
15.3
Moncton
15.5
10.9
10.2
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
21.9
16.7
13.8
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
25.0
12.8
5.3
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
19.6
12.1
11.2
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
21.8
17.0
16.6
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
19.1
15.2
11.0
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
19.5
13.2
11.7
Riverview and Coverdale
17.3
12.8
12.4
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
16.8
12.8
8.4
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
21.1
14.7
13.5
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
18.6
13.9
13.3
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
12.2
9.4
7.3
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
11.2
9.7
12.9
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
16.3
18.1
13.1
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
16.6
15.8
13.7
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
18.7
15.2
13.5
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
14.7
10.8
10.5
School districts
Anglophone East School District
16.6
12.0
11.6
Anglophone North School District
20.8
14.1
15.5
Anglophone South School District
19.7
14.9
13.1
Anglophone West School District
18.9
14.5
13.2
Anglophone sector
18.8
14.0
13.1
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
14.5
10.6
9.8
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
13.9
10.1
8.7
District scolaire francophone Sud
12.1
8.9
7.0
Francophone sector
13.2
9.7
8.3
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
11.7
8.8
7.7
Grades 9 to 12
21.3
15.6
14.6
Gender
Woman/Girl
24.1
n/a
n/a
Man/Boy
8.7
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
33.5
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
25.3
18.9
n/a
Male
8.5
6.7
n/a
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
27.7
n/a
n/a
Heterosexual
14.9
n/a
n/a
LGBTQ2+ Status
LGBTQ2+ person
27.5
n/a
n/a
Non LGBTQ2+ person
14.9
n/a
n/a
Race
White
18.7
n/a
n/a
South Asian
12.2
n/a
n/a
Other
15.8
n/a
n/a
Middle Eastern
16.4
n/a
n/a
Latino
18.7
n/a
n/a
East/Southeast Asian
10.4
n/a
n/a
Black
16.3
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
20.9
14.3
16.2
Non-Indigenous
17.2
12.8
11.5
Food poverty
Food poverty
20.3
n/a
n/a
No food poverty
17.0
n/a
n/a
Immigrant
Immigrants
11.2
9.1
n/a
Non-immigrants
17.9
13.2
n/a
Special needs
Has a special need
24.4
n/a
n/a
No special need
13.3
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 skipping breakfast because they feel sick when they eat it.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Student Wellness Survey - Grades 6-12

Calculations

This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who selected "I feel sick when I eat breakfast" by the "total number of respondents" to the question: If you do not eat breakfast, why do you skip breakfast: I eat breakfast every day, I don’t have time for breakfast, the bus comes too early, I sleep in, I’m not hungry in the morning, I feel sick when I eat breakfast, I’m trying to lose weight, there is nothing to eat at home or other

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

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NBHC code

SH_SKBFS_1

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