This statistic presents the percentage of students in Canada who self-reported they they thought their body was too thin, about the right size, or too fat in 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014. According to the survey, in 2014, about 30 percent of all students aged 11 to 15 years felt their bodies were too fat.
Percentage of Canadian students who reported that they felt their body was too thin, about the right size or too fat in 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Health Behaviour in School-aged Children in Canada, page 98, 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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Health Canada. (February 24, 2015). Percentage of Canadian students who reported that they felt their body was too thin, about the right size or too fat in 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 20, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/788767/body-image-of-canadian-students-by-year/
Health Canada. "Percentage of Canadian students who reported that they felt their body was too thin, about the right size or too fat in 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014." Chart. February 24, 2015. Statista. Accessed September 20, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/788767/body-image-of-canadian-students-by-year/
Health Canada. (2015). Percentage of Canadian students who reported that they felt their body was too thin, about the right size or too fat in 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 20, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/788767/body-image-of-canadian-students-by-year/
Health Canada. "Percentage of Canadian Students Who Reported That They Felt Their Body Was Too Thin, about The Right Size or Too Fat in 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Feb 2015, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/788767/body-image-of-canadian-students-by-year/
Health Canada, Percentage of Canadian students who reported that they felt their body was too thin, about the right size or too fat in 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014 Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/788767/body-image-of-canadian-students-by-year/ (last visited September 20, 2024)
Percentage of Canadian students who reported that they felt their body was too thin, about the right size or too fat in 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014 [Graph], Health Canada, February 24, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/788767/body-image-of-canadian-students-by-year/
