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1 FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CONSUMPTION LESS THAN FIVE TIMES PER DAY KEY MESSAGES In 2011/2012, 60% of Peel residents reported eating fruits and vegetables less than five times per day. This is similar to Ontario (60%). In both Peel and Ontario, males (65%) were more likely to eat fruits and vegetables less than five times per day than females (55%). In Ontario, those in the low-middle income (67%) category were more likely to eat fruits and vegetables less than five times per day compared with those in the highest income (59%) category. Page 1 of 12

2 FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CONSUMPTION LESS THAN FIVE TIMES PER DAY Page 2 of 12

3 TABLE 1: FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CONSUMPTION LESS THAN FIVE TIMES PER DAY PER CENT OF POPULATION WHO CONSUME FRUIT AND VEGETABLES LESS THAN FIVE TIMES PER DAY,, 2000/2001, 2003, 2005, 2007/2008, 2009/2010, 2011/ /2001 (%) 2003 (%) 2005 (%) TOTAL 58.5 (CI: ) 57.2 (CI: ) 55.7 (CI: ) SEX Male 63.3 (CI: ) 62.8 (CI: ) 63.1 (CI: ) Female 53.8 (CI : ) 51.6 (CI: ) 48.5 (CI: ) AGE GROUP (YEARS) (CI: ) 52.0 (CI: ) 55.1 (CI: ) (CI: ) 62.5 (CI: ) 59.3 (CI: ) (CI: ) 57.7 (CI: ) 56.8 (CI: ) (CI: ) 60.8 (CI: ) 55.2 (CI: ) (CI: ) 38.4 (CI: ) 46.7 (CI: ) INCOME LEVEL Low-middle 61.6 (CI: ) 69.5* (CI: ) 69.4* (CI: ) Middle 60.7 (CI: ) 57.3 (CI: ) 57.9 (CI: ) Upper-middle 56.9 (CI: ) 59.1 (CI: ) 53.3 (CI: ) Highest 56.9 (CI: ) 55.3 (CI: ) 58.3 (CI: ) EDUCATION LEVEL Less than high school 58.7 (CI: ) 53.8 (CI: ) 57.1 (CI: ) High school graduate 61.4 (CI: ) 63.3 (CI: ) 56.3 (CI: ) Some post-secondary 62.7 (CI: ) 55.5 (CI: ) 59.4 (CI: ) Post-secondary graduate 55.6 (CI: ) 56.0 (CI: ) 54.3 (CI: ) IMMIGRANT STATUS Recent immigrant 57.8 (CI: ) 53.7 (CI: ) 55.2 (CI: ) Long-term immigrant 57.9 (CI: ) 51.0 (CI: ) 55.1 (CI: ) Non-immigrant 59.5 (CI: ) 61.8 (CI: ) 55.7 (CI: ) ETHNICITY White 56.0 (CI: ) 58.6 (CI: ) 52.5 (CI: ) Black 67.5 (CI: ) 52.2 (CI: ) 61.6 (CI: ) East/Southeast Asian 64.2 (CI: ) 57.3 (CI: ) 67.3 (CI: ) West Asian/Arab 65.2* (CI: ) 74.4* (CI: ) 55.9* (CI: ) South Asian 64.6 (CI: ) 51.2 (CI: ) 57.3 (CI: ) Latin American 65.5* (CI: ) 37.4* (CI : ) NR Aboriginal NR NR NR Other 50.1* (CI: ) 58.5* (CI: ) 63.5 (CI: ) Page 3 of 12

4 TABLE 1: FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CONSUMPTION LESS THAN FIVE TIMES PER DAY (CONTINUED) PER CENT OF POPULATION WHO CONSUME FRUIT AND VEGETABLES LESS THAN FIVE TIMES PER DAY,, 2000/2001, 2003, 2005, 2007/2008, 2009/2010, 2011/ /2008 (%) 2009/2010 (%) 2011/2012 (%) TOTAL 57.0 (CI: ) 51.8 (CI: ) 59.9 (CI: ) SEX Male 62.9 (CI: ) 54.9 (CI: ) 65.4 (CI: ) Female 51.4 (CI: ) 48.8 (CI: ) 54.6 (CI: ) AGE GROUP (YEARS) (CI: ) 54.6 (CI: ) 56.7 (CI: ) (CI: ) 49.6 (CI: ) 60.3 (CI: ) (CI: ) 54.5 (CI: ) 58.7 (CI: ) (CI: ) 50.6 (CI: ) 63.3 (CI: ) (CI: ) 49.5 (CI: ) 55.9 (CI: ) INCOME LEVEL Low-middle 61.3* (CI: ) 55.4* (CI: ) 52.6* (CI: ) Middle 58.6 (CI: ) 57.9 (CI: ) 64.8 (CI: ) Upper-middle 58.9 (CI: ) 54.3 (CI: ) 60.6 (CI: ) Highest 59.3 (CI: ) 52.7 (CI: ) 58.7 (CI: ) EDUCATION LEVEL Less than high school 61.4 (CI: ) 52.6 (CI: ) 54.5 (CI: ) High school graduate 52.1 (CI: ) 56.7 (CI: ) 53.9 (CI: ) Some post-secondary 54.8 (CI: ) 47.0 (CI: ) 59.3* (CI: ) Post-secondary graduate 57.7 (CI: ) 50.6 (CI: ) 63.9 (CI: ) IMMIGRANT STATUS Recent immigrant 53.4 (CI: ) 51.0 (CI: ) 57.4 (CI: ) Long-term immigrant 54.9 (CI: ) 50.0 (CI: ) 62.2 (CI: ) Non-immigrant 61.1 (CI: ) 54.2 (CI: ) 59.6 (CI: ) ETHNICITY White 56.5 (CI: ) 50.3 (CI: ) 59.2 (CI: ) Black 63.8 (CI: ) 61.7 (CI: ) 57.6 (CI: ) East/Southeast Asian 54.7 (CI: ) 52.7 (CI: ) 70.6 (CI: ) West Asian/Arab 54.2* (CI: ) 47.0* (CI: ) 65.3* (CI: ) South Asian 58.5 (CI: ) 51.1 (CI: ) 60.7 (CI: ) Latin American 40.7* (CI: ) NR NR Aboriginal NR NR 61.8* (CI: ) Other 58.0* (CI: ) 57.7* (CI: ) 61.1* (CI: ) Page 4 of 12

5 *Use estimate with caution. Reflects respondents aged 12 years and older. NR = Not releasable due to small numbers. CI - 95% confidence interval. Notes: This variable classifies the respondent based on the total number of times per day he/she eats fruits and vegetables. Note: This variable measures the number of times (frequency) not the amount consumed. Proxy interview respondents were not asked questions in the Fruit & Vegetables module. In 2000/2001, the missing values from proxy respondents were imputed by Statistics Canada using the nearest neighbour imputation method. In subsequent cycles the missing responses from proxy interviews were set to not stated and were excluded from the analysis. This may affect comparability between years. Don t know, Refused and Not stated responses are excluded for the main indicator presented in the table above. Income information was missing for 12% to 21% of records in Peel between 2000/2001 and 2009/2010. Starting in 2011, missing data regarding income were imputed by Statistics Canada. This may affect comparability between years. Source: Canadian Community Health Survey, 2000/2001, 2003, 2005, 2007/2008, 2009/2010, 2011/2012, Statistics Canada, Share File, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Last Updated: April 15, 2015 Page 5 of 12

6 TABLE 2: FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CONSUMPTION LESS THAN FIVE TIMES PER DAY PER CENT OF POPULATION WHO CONSUME FRUIT AND VEGETABLES LESS THAN FIVE TIMES PER DAY,, 2000/2001, 2003, 2005, 2007/2008, 2009/2010, 2011/ /2001 (%) 2003 (%) 2005 (%) TOTAL 62.2 (CI: ) 57.9 (CI: ) 56.6 (CI: ) SEX Male 67.3 (CI: ) 64.1 (CI: ) 63.3 (CI: ) Female 57.2 (CI: ) 52.1 (CI: ) 50.2 (CI: ) AGE GROUP (YEARS) (CI: ) 53.9 (CI: ) 53.1 (CI: ) (CI: ) 60.4 (CI: ) 58.5 (CI: ) (CI: ) 61.4 (CI: ) 59.8 (CI: ) (CI: ) 57.9 (CI: ) 57.5 (CI: ) (CI: ) 50.2 (CI: ) 48.5 (CI: ) INCOME LEVEL Low-middle 64.2 (CI: ) 65.9 (CI: ) 60.1 (CI: ) Middle 63.1 (CI: ) 60.4 (CI: ) 58.9 (CI: ) Upper-middle 63.0 (CI: ) 59.2 (CI: ) 57.8 (CI: ) Highest 60.3 (CI: ) 55.2 (CI: ) 55.7 (CI: ) EDUCATION LEVEL Less than high school 64.4 (CI: ) 59.0 (CI: ) 58.0 (CI: ) High school graduate 65.3 (CI: ) 64.5 (CI: ) 61.0 (CI: ) Some post-secondary 63.8 (CI: ) 58.2 (CI: ) 58.9 (CI: ) Post-secondary graduate 59.0 (CI: ) 54.7 (CI: ) 54.4 (CI: ) IMMIGRANT STATUS Recent immigrant 60.8 (CI: ) 57.7 (CI: ) 57.2 (CI: ) Long-term immigrant 59.3 (CI: ) 55.4 (CI: ) 54.8 (CI: ) Non-immigrant 63.2 (CI: ) 58.8 (CI: ) 57.1 (CI: ) ETHNICITY White 61.7 (CI: ) 57.4 (CI: ) 55.5 (CI: ) Black 60.7 (CI: ) 56.6 (CI: ) 60.0 (CI: ) East/Southeast Asian 68.9 (CI: ) 65.5 (CI: ) 65.9 (CI: ) West Asian/Arab 60.4 (CI: ) 59.1 (CI: ) 49.5 (CI: ) South Asian 62.1 (CI: ) 59.4 (CI: ) 58.5 (CI: ) Latin American 57.3 (CI: ) 51.5 (CI: ) 51.3 (CI: ) Aboriginal 65.0 (CI: ) 61.5 (CI: ) 65.6 (CI: ) Other 62.8 (CI: ) 55.1 (CI: ) 60.9 (CI: ) Page 6 of 12

7 TABLE 2: FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CONSUMPTION LESS THAN FIVE TIMES PER DAY (CONTINUED) PER CENT OF POPULATION WHO CONSUME FRUIT AND VEGETABLES LESS THAN FIVE TIMES PER DAY,, 2000/2001, 2003, 2005, 2007/2008, 2009/2010, 2011/ /2008 (%) 2009/2010 (%) 2011/2012 (%) TOTAL 58.8 (CI: ) 57.4 (CI: ) 61.8 (CI: ) SEX Male 65.1 (CI: ) 63.0 (CI: ) 67.9 (CI: ) Female 52.7 (CI: ) 52.0 (CI: ) 56.0 (CI: ) AGE GROUP (YEARS) (CI: ) 54.9 (CI: ) 57.2 (CI: ) (CI: ) 59.1 (CI: ) 63.0 (CI: ) (CI: ) 58.1 (CI: ) 61.2 (CI: ) (CI: ) 58.6 (CI: ) 64.2 (CI: ) (CI: ) 53.3 (CI: ) 58.9 (CI: ) INCOME LEVEL Low-middle 68.1 (CI: ) 65.5 (CI: ) 66.5 (CI: ) Middle 61.0 (CI: ) 59.3 (CI: ) 65.8 (CI: ) Upper-middle 58.7 (CI: ) 59.5 (CI: ) 63.1 (CI: ) Highest 57.5 (CI: ) 54.8 (CI: ) 59.3 (CI: ) EDUCATION LEVEL Less than high school 61.4 (CI: ) 58.5 (CI: ) 62.6 (CI: ) High school graduate 62.6 (CI: ) 61.9 (CI: ) 65.4 (CI: ) Some post-secondary 62.3 (CI: ) 60.7 (CI: ) 63.6 (CI: ) Post-secondary graduate 55.8 (CI: ) 55.1 (CI: ) 60.2 (CI: ) IMMIGRANT STATUS Recent immigrant 59.2 (CI: ) 55.5 (CI: ) 63.3 (CI: ) Long-term immigrant 57.0 (CI: ) 55.2 (CI: ) 62.1 (CI: ) Non-immigrant 59.0 (CI: ) 58.4 (CI: ) 61.5 (CI: ) ETHNICITY White 57.8 (CI: ) 57.2 (CI: ) 60.9 (CI: ) Black 59.3 (CI: ) 55.2 (CI: ) 58.3 (CI: ) East/Southeast Asian 66.0 (CI: ) 59.7 (CI: ) 71.4 (CI: ) West Asian/Arab 57.9 (CI: ) 57.8 (CI: ) 56.6 (CI: ) South Asian 59.1 (CI: ) 55.2 (CI: ) 62.3 (CI: ) Latin American 50.8 (CI: ) 63.0 (CI: ) 57.0 (CI: ) Aboriginal 66.2 (CI: ) 63.1 (CI: ) 64.9 (CI: ) Other 53.0 (CI: ) 56.0 (CI: ) 64.0 (CI: ) Page 7 of 12

8 Reflects respondents aged 12 years and older. CI - 95% confidence interval. Notes: This variable classifies the respondent based on the total number of times per day he/she eats fruits and vegetables. Note: This variable measures the number of times (frequency) not the amount consumed. Proxy interview respondents were not asked questions in the Fruit & Vegetables module. In 2000/2001, the missing values from proxy respondents were imputed by Statistics Canada using the nearest neighbour imputation method. In subsequent cycles the missing responses from proxy interviews were set to not stated and were excluded from the analysis. This may affect comparability between years. Don t know, Refused and Not stated responses are excluded for the main indicator presented in the table above. Income information was missing for 12% to 21% of records in Peel between 2000/2001 and 2009/2010. Starting in 2011, missing data regarding income were imputed by Statistics Canada. This may affect comparability between years. Source: Canadian Community Health Survey, 2000/2001, 2003, 2005, 2007/2008, 2009/2010, 2011/2012, Statistics Canada, Share File, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Last Updated: April 15, 2015 Page 8 of 12

9 TABLE 3: FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CONSUMPTION LESS THAN FIVE TIMES PER DAY NUMBER OF RESIDENTS WHO CONSUME FRUIT AND VEGETABLES LESS THAN FIVE TIMES PER DAY,, 2000/2001, 2003, 2005, 2007/2008, 2009/2010, 2011/ / / / /2012 TOTAL 498, , , , , ,400 SEX Male 268, , , , , ,000 Female 230, , , , , ,400 AGE GROUP (YEARS) ,900 54,700 61,200 81,400 66,300 71, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,200 29,100 40,800 45,100 55,700 69,700 INCOME LEVEL Low-middle 29,200 21,700* 22,800* 27,700* 20,100* 29,600* Middle 72,200 63,100 66,400 87,200 77, ,000 Upper-middle 134, , , , , ,000 Highest 195, , , , , ,800 EDUCATION LEVEL Less than high school 121,000 97,600 97, , , ,600 High school graduate 117, ,600 86,200 77, ,600 98,900 Some post-secondary 43,700 34,900 55,500 53,600 37,700 59,100* Post-secondary graduate 210, , , , , ,800 IMMIGRANT STATUS Recent immigrant 80,300 67,100 90, , , ,600 Long-term immigrant 150, , , , , ,100 Non-immigrant 267, , , , , ,700 ETHNICITY White 314, , , , , ,200 Black 34,900 23,400 33,300 51,400 46,700 52,400 East/Southeast Asian 43,700 45,700 59,300 58,400 62, ,400 West Asian/Arab 15,000* 11,900* 14,900* 14,600* 9,700* 16,300* South Asian 65,700 60,500 92, , , ,900 Latin American 8,900* 7,100* NR 12,400* NR NR Aboriginal NR NR NR NR NR 6,300* Other 14,600* 24,700* 30,700 14,800* 21,100* 36,300* *Use estimate with caution. Reflects respondents aged 12 years and older. NR = Not releasable due to small numbers. Page 9 of 12

10 Notes: This variable classifies the respondent based on the total number of times per day he/she eats fruits and vegetables. Note: This variable measures the number of times (frequency) not the amount consumed. Proxy interview respondents were not asked questions in the Fruit & Vegetables module. In 2000/2001, the missing values from proxy respondents were imputed by Statistics Canada using the nearest neighbour imputation method. In subsequent cycles the missing responses from proxy interviews were set to not stated and were excluded from the analysis. This may affect comparability between years. Don t know, Refused and Not stated responses are excluded for the main indicator presented in the table above. Income information was missing for 12% to 21% of records in Peel between 2000/2001 and 2009/2010. Starting in 2011, missing data regarding income were imputed by Statistics Canada. This may affect comparability between years. Source: Canadian Community Health Survey, 2000/2001, 2003, 2005, 2007/2008, 2009/2010, 2011/2012, Statistics Canada, Share File, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Last Updated: April 15, 2015 Page 10 of 12

11 TABLE 4: FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CONSUMPTION LESS THAN FIVE TIMES PER DAY NUMBER OF RESIDENTS WHO CONSUME FRUIT AND VEGETABLES LESS THAN FIVE TIMES PER DAY,, 2000/2001, 2003, 2005, 2007/2008, 2009/2010, 2011/ / / / /2012 TOTAL 6,085,400 5,685,900 5,681,900 6,084,800 6,149,600 6,694,500 SEX Male 3,225,700 3,074,400 3,105,200 3,288,200 3,303,800 3,589,200 Female 2,859,700 2,611,500 2,576,700 2,796,600 2,845,800 3,105,300 AGE GROUP (YEARS) , , , , , , ,111,000 1,045,000 1,039,800 1,104,100 1,121,300 1,226, ,923,900 1,773,500 1,679,800 1,682,300 1,566,100 1,613, ,647,400 1,639,900 1,721,700 1,937,200 2,041,100 2,294, , , , , , ,400 INCOME LEVEL Low-middle 519, , , , , ,700 Middle 1,048, , , , ,900 1,096,200 Upper-middle 1,871,300 1,660,100 1,547,500 1,525,100 1,503,300 2,005,000 Highest 1,997,900 2,048,100 2,306,700 2,557,600 2,451,100 3,195,400 EDUCATION LEVEL Less than high school 1,671,900 1,345,100 1,231,000 1,289,400 1,173,100 1,188,400 High school graduate 1,325,700 1,209, ,000 1,054,100 1,078,700 1,193,300 Some post-secondary 483, , , , , ,000 Post-secondary graduate 2,561,100 2,619,300 2,866,800 3,052,700 3,214,400 3,646,300 IMMIGRANT STATUS Recent immigrant 531, , , , , ,700 Long-term immigrant 1,193,800 1,099,900 1,123,300 1,271,800 1,278,000 1,438,000 Non-immigrant 4,340,000 3,990,800 3,969,800 4,077,400 4,159,000 4,403,100 ETHNICITY White 4,914,800 4,390,100 4,281,500 4,315,300 4,406,500 4,645,000 Black 154, , , , , ,700 East/Southeast Asian 438, , , , , ,800 West Asian/Arab 67,100 68,100 62, , , ,800 South Asian 247, , , , , ,300 Latin American 47,600 64,500 51,200 71, ,300 94,600 Aboriginal 31,600 31, , , , ,100 Other 171, , ,500 83, , ,400 Reflects respondents aged 12 years and older. Page 11 of 12

12 Notes: This variable classifies the respondent based on the total number of times per day he/she eats fruits and vegetables. Note: This variable measures the number of times (frequency) not the amount consumed. Proxy interview respondents were not asked questions in the Fruit & Vegetables module. In 2000/2001, the missing values from proxy respondents were imputed by Statistics Canada using the nearest neighbour imputation method. In subsequent cycles the missing responses from proxy interviews were set to not stated and were excluded from the analysis. This may affect comparability between years. Don t know, Refused and Not stated responses are excluded for the main indicator presented in the table above. Income information was missing for 12% to 21% of records in Peel between 2000/2001 and 2009/2010. Starting in 2011, missing data regarding income were imputed by Statistics Canada. This may affect comparability between years. Source: Canadian Community Health Survey, 2000/2001, 2003, 2005, 2007/2008, 2009/2010, 2011/2012, Statistics Canada, Share File, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Last Updated: April 15, 2015 Page 12 of 12

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