Weekly discretionary snack consumption, ACT Year 7 students

Weekly discretionary snack consumption, ACT Year 7 students

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    Weekly discretionary snack consumption, ACT Year 7 students, Year 7 Health Survey, 2019-2021

    Respondents to the Year 7 Health Survey were asked to report how many times they ate  discretionary snacks like chocolate, lollies, cake, chips, ice cream and sweet biscuits in the last seven days.

    The majority of respondents who consumed discretionary snacks one or more times per week has remained stable between 2020 (93.6%) and 2021 (95.5%). In 2021, males (94.0%) were less likely to report consuming discretionary snacks one or more times per week than females (96.6%), however this difference was not statistically significant.

    2013 Australian Dietary Guidelines recommends limiting intake of foods and drinks containing  saturated fat, added salt, added sugars and alcohol. For more information, visit: https://www.eatforhealth.gov.au/sites/default/files/content/The%20Guidelines/n55f_children_brochure.pdf 

    For the purpose of reporting the Year 7 Health Survey data on HealthStats, if the 95% confidence intervals of the estimates do not overlap, they are considered to be significantly different. 

    Persons includes male, female, other and refused sex respondents and may not always add to the sum of male and female.

    To access the data please click on the "View source data" link at the bottom of the visualisation. This link will open a data table that you can download.

    Year 7 Health Survey 

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