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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Share of Canadian students by self-reported body image in 2002-2014
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.
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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 ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from /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. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 27, 2026. /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. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 27, 2026. /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." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 24 Feb 2015, /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 ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/788767/body-image-of-canadian-students-by-year/ (last visited July 27, 2026)
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: /statistics/788767/body-image-of-canadian-students-by-year/
