Wave: March / April 2010 - Winnipeg in motion
Wave: March / April 2010 - Winnipeg in motion
Wave: March / April 2010 - Winnipeg in motion
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By<br />
the<br />
numbers<br />
A statistical portrait of Manitoba students<br />
Partners <strong>in</strong> Plann<strong>in</strong>g for Healthy Liv<strong>in</strong>g<br />
recently asked 34,000 Manitoba students<br />
<strong>in</strong> Grades 9 to 12 to answer some questions<br />
about how they live. Here is a snapshot of<br />
the results:<br />
41<br />
55<br />
53<br />
41<br />
27<br />
04<br />
67<br />
79<br />
13<br />
29<br />
55<br />
Physical Activity<br />
Percentage of female students who<br />
participate <strong>in</strong> the recommended amount<br />
of daily physical activity.<br />
Percentage of male students who<br />
participate <strong>in</strong> the recommended amount<br />
of daily physical activity.<br />
Percentage of students who are physically<br />
active <strong>in</strong> Grade 9.<br />
Percentage of students who are physically<br />
active <strong>in</strong> Grade 12.<br />
Percentage of students who use active<br />
transportation to get to and from school.<br />
Nutrition<br />
Percentage of students who eat the<br />
recommended serv<strong>in</strong>gs of fruits and<br />
vegetables per day.<br />
Body Mass<br />
Percentage of males who fall with<strong>in</strong> the<br />
recommended healthy weight category.<br />
Percentage of females who fall with<strong>in</strong> the<br />
recommended healthy weight category.<br />
Percentage of students who consider<br />
themselves underweight.<br />
Percentage of students who consider<br />
themselves overweight.<br />
Percentage of students who consider<br />
themselves to be a healthy weight.<br />
21<br />
16<br />
27<br />
37<br />
69<br />
34<br />
20<br />
76<br />
76<br />
74<br />
79<br />
37<br />
Tobacco<br />
Percentage of male and female students <strong>in</strong> Grades<br />
9 to 12 who say they smoke.<br />
Percentage of students who smoke <strong>in</strong> Grade 9.<br />
Percentage of students who smoke <strong>in</strong> Grade 12.<br />
Alcohol and Illegal Drugs<br />
Percentage of students <strong>in</strong> Grade 9 who had at<br />
least one dr<strong>in</strong>k of alcohol <strong>in</strong> the last 30 days.<br />
Percentage of students <strong>in</strong> Grade 12 who had at<br />
least one dr<strong>in</strong>k of alcohol <strong>in</strong> the last 30 days.<br />
Percentage of students who had five or more dr<strong>in</strong>ks<br />
with<strong>in</strong> a couple of hours on at least one day <strong>in</strong> the<br />
past 30 days.<br />
Percentage of students who used illegal drugs <strong>in</strong><br />
the last 30 days.<br />
School Connectedness<br />
Percentage of students who feel close to people<br />
at their school.<br />
Percentage of students who feel they are part of<br />
their school.<br />
Percentage of students who are happy to be at<br />
their school.<br />
Percentage of students who feel safe <strong>in</strong> their school.<br />
Percentage of students who felt so sad or hopeless<br />
<strong>in</strong> the past 12 months that they stopped do<strong>in</strong>g<br />
some usual activities for awhile.<br />
Partners <strong>in</strong> Plann<strong>in</strong>g for Healthy Liv<strong>in</strong>g is a group of Manitoba<br />
partner organizations <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g regional health authorities,<br />
government departments and non-government groups<br />
who share a common mandate for prevent<strong>in</strong>g chronic<br />
diseases such as cancer and heart disease. The full YHS can<br />
be found at http://www.health<strong>in</strong>common.ca/pphl/youthhealth-survey/<br />
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