Table 1 Sample characteristics N = 20,923
From: The prevalence of eating behaviors among Canadian youth using cross-sectional school-based surveys
PEI n = 1 417 | Quebec n = 12 246 | Hamilton n = 2 541 | Thunder bay n = 1 499 | PEI n = 1 812 | Quebec n = 1 048 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Grade 5-8 | Grade 9-12 | |||||
Age | ||||||
11 or under | 46.5% | 67.9% | - | - | - | - |
12 | 25.9% | 23.3% | - | - | - | 0.1% |
13 | 23.7% | 5.8% | 0.3% | 1.9% | 0.9% | - |
14 | 3.8% | 2.5% | 23.3% | 32.4% | 20.7% | 16.5% |
15 | 0.1% | 0.4% | 25.1% | 32.5% | 26.8% | 32.5% |
16 | - | - | 24.7% | 24.1% | 22.8% | 32.2% |
17 or older | - | - | 26.5% | 9.1% | 28.8% | 18.7% |
Mean | 11.9 | 11.4 | 15.5 | 15.1 | 15.6 | 15.5 |
(SD) | (0.92) | (0.75) | (1.12) | (1.00) | (1.14) | (0.98) |
Grade | ||||||
5 | 29.6% | 50.5% | - | - | - | - |
6 | 19.8% | 39.7% | - | - | - | - |
7 | 24.0% | 4.9% | - | - | - | - |
8 | 26.6% | 4.9% | - | - | - | - |
9 | - | - | 28.9% | 35.4% | 24.0% | 36.3% |
10 | - | - | 24.3% | 33.0% | 27.3% | 30.7% |
11 | - | - | 24.7% | 23.8% | 24.6% | 33.0% |
12 | - | - | 22.0% | 7.7% | 24.2% | - |
Gender | ||||||
Female | 49.0% | 49.7% | 50.1% | 49.5% | 47.5% | 50.7% |
Male | 51.0% | 50.3% | 49.9% | 50.5% | 52.5% | 49.3% |
BMI a | ||||||
Underweight | - | - | 1.6% | 1.3% | 1.0% | 1.3% |
Healthy weight | - | - | 56.6% | 53.4% | 56.1% | 62.5% |
Overweight | - | - | 11.0% | 13.7% | 15.3% | 11.6% |
Obese | - | - | 4.8% | 5.3% | 7.4% | 4.5% |
Not Stated | - | - | 26.1% | 26.3% | 20.1% | 20.1% |