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Table 133: Percentage of Hull adults eating a healthy diet, by geographical area 2009
Area committee
area / Locality
Number of
respondents
Percentage eating a healthy diet
Yes No Don’t know
what a healthy
diet is
Don’t know
if I have a
healthy diet
North Carr 167 74.9 19.8 1.2 4.2
Northern 225 80.4 17.8 0.0 1.8
North Locality 392 78.1 18.6 0.5 2.8
East 252 79.8 17.1 0.4 2.8
Park 293 77.1 20.1 0.3 2.4
Riverside (East) 84 73.8 23.8 1.2 1.2
East Locality 629 77.7 19.4 0.5 2.4
Riverside (West) 243 74.5 23.9 0.8 0.8
West 227 86.8 9.3 0.4 3.5
Wyke 252 82.9 15.5 0.4 1.2
West Locality 722 81.3 16.3 0.6 1.8
Hull 1,743 79.3 18.0 0.5 2.2
Further information on the whether people felt they had eaten healthier in the last year at
ward level (taken from the 2007 Health and Lifestyle Survey), is given in the 76 page
Public Health Profiles for Hull, as well as in the Hull Atlas (www.hullpublichealth.org).
8.7.3.2 Young People
Young people were also asked if they ate a healthy diet. The responses for the two
“don‟t know” categories have been combined. It can be seen in Table 134 that the
percentage who think they eat a healthy diet declines with age.
Table 134: Percentage of Hull young people eating a healthy diet
Generally speaking, do you eat a healthy diet?
Males Females
School Total (N) Yes (%) Don’t Total (N) Yes (%) Don’t
year
know (%)
know (%)
Year 7 304 68.1 17.1 306 66.7 20
Year 8 276 64.9 18.5 279 63.1 21.8
Year 9 263 59.3 18.6 253 62.1 17.8
Year 10 318 55.7 19.8 328 53.7 21
Year 11 182 54.9 12.6 262 47.3 21
Total 1,343 61.0 17.7 1,428 58.6 20.3
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