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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%

  1. aBMI was not asked of grade 5-8 students.