This statistic presents the percentage of students in Canada who self-reported they they were actively trying to lose weight in 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014, by gender. According to the data, in 2014, 9 percent of boys and 18 percent of girls were trying to lose weight.
Percentage of Canadian students who reported that they were doing something to lose weight in 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014, by gender
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Health Behaviour in School-aged Children in Canada, page 99, 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 were doing something to lose weight in 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/788774/canadian-students-trying-to-lose-weight-by-year-and-gender/
Health Canada. "Percentage of Canadian students who reported that they were doing something to lose weight in 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014, by gender." Chart. February 24, 2015. Statista. Accessed November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/788774/canadian-students-trying-to-lose-weight-by-year-and-gender/
Health Canada. (2015). Percentage of Canadian students who reported that they were doing something to lose weight in 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/788774/canadian-students-trying-to-lose-weight-by-year-and-gender/
Health Canada. "Percentage of Canadian Students Who Reported That They Were Doing Something to Lose Weight in 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Feb 2015, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/788774/canadian-students-trying-to-lose-weight-by-year-and-gender/
Health Canada, Percentage of Canadian students who reported that they were doing something to lose weight in 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014, by gender Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/788774/canadian-students-trying-to-lose-weight-by-year-and-gender/ (last visited November 10, 2024)
Percentage of Canadian students who reported that they were doing something to lose weight in 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014, by gender [Graph], Health Canada, February 24, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/788774/canadian-students-trying-to-lose-weight-by-year-and-gender/
