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Estimated population '000 |
Overweight | Obese | Overweight/Obese | |||||
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% | 95% confidence interval | % | 95% confidence interval | % | 95% confidence interval | |||
Total | 6,184 |
18.1 |
16.8, 19.3 |
8.2 |
7.3, 9.1 |
26.2 |
24.8, 27.7 |
|
Daily fruit and vegetable consumption | Less than 3 times | 1,307 |
18.7 |
16.1, 21.3 |
10.22 |
8.0, 12.3 |
28.92 |
25.6, 32.1 |
3 to less than 5 times | 2,310 |
19.0 |
16.7, 21.4 |
9.02 |
7.4, 10.7 |
28.12 |
25.5, 30.7 |
|
5 or more times1 | 2,552 |
16.8 |
14.7, 19.0 |
6.4 |
5.2, 7.7 |
23.3 |
21.0, 25.6 |
|
Weekly hours of physical activity (ages 6 to 11) | Less than 71 | 359 |
16.7 |
12.1, 21.3 |
9.33 |
5.2, 13.4 |
26.0 |
20.2, 31.8 |
7 to less than 14 | 982 |
18.4 |
15.2, 21.7 |
8.2 |
5.7, 10.6 |
26.6 |
22.8, 30.4 |
|
14 or more | 957 |
18.0 |
14.5, 21.5 |
7.53 |
4.9, 10.1 |
25.5 |
21.3, 29.7 |
|
Leisure time physical activity (ages 12 to 17) |
Boys | |||||||
Active/Moderately active1 | 974 |
24.0 |
20.5, 27.5 |
9.3 |
7.2, 11.4 |
33.3 |
29.7, 37.0 |
|
Sedentary | 346 |
13.02 |
9.3, 16.7 |
10.3, 22.2 |
29.3 |
22.4, 36.2 |
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Girls | ||||||||
Active/Moderately active1 | 709 |
18.5 |
15.3, 21.8 |
6.3 |
4.2, 8.3 |
24.8 |
21.1, 28.5 |
|
Sedentary | 486 |
18.0 |
13.4, 22.6 |
9.23 |
5.8, 12.6 |
27.1 |
21.7, 32.6 |
|
Daily hours of screen time (ages 6 to 11) |
Less than or equal to 11 | 484 |
12.53 |
8.0, 17.1 |
5.33 |
2.2, 8.4 |
17.8 |
12.6, 23.0 |
More than 1 to 2 | 1,013 |
15.3 |
12.4, 18.2 |
7.13 |
4.7, 9.5 |
22.4 |
18.9, 25.9 |
|
More than 2 | 824 |
24.12 |
19.6, 28.6 |
10.62 |
7.7, 13.6 |
34.82 |
29.9, 39.6 |
|
Weekly hours of screen time (ages 12 to 17) |
Less than 101 | 614 |
13.9 |
11.0, 16.8 |
9.13 |
5.6, 12.5 |
23.0 |
18.6, 27.4 |
10 to less than 20 | 699 |
21.92 |
18.0, 25.9 |
6.6 |
4.7, 8.6 |
28.6 |
24.6, 32.6 |
|
20 to less than 30 | 728 |
20.22 |
16.8, 23.6 |
11.2 |
8.3, 14.0 |
31.42 |
27.2, 35.6 |
|
30 or more | 466 |
23.82 |
18.9, 28.8 |
11.23 |
7.5, 14.9 |
35.02 |
29.4, 40.6 |
|
Note: There were 27 respondents with a missing value for fruit and vegetable consumption, 18 for physical activity for ages 6 to 11, 2 for screen time for ages 6 to 11, and 7 for screen time for ages 12 to 17. | ||||||||
1. Reference group | ||||||||
2. Significantly different from estimate for reference group (p < 0.05) | ||||||||
3. Coefficient of variation between 16.6% and 33.3% (interpret with caution) | ||||||||
Data source: 2004 Canadian Community Health Survey: Nutrition |