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Table 4-2. Prevalence of self-reported modifiable risk factors among individuals aged 20 years and older, by race/ethnicity, Canada, 2009-2010

Table 4-2 shows that, compared to Caucasians, other race or ethnicities tended to have higher rates of physical inactivity, but individuals of Filipino, Chinese, or South Asian descent were between 1.6 to 6.0 times less likely to be obese. Inadequate consumption of vegetables and fruit was higher among individuals of Chinese and Filipino descent compared to Caucasians, but was generally high in all ethnicities (ranging from 56.0% to 65.5%). Caucasians tended to smoke more than the other groups.

Footnotes: Race/ethnic categories with unweighted samples greater than 500 were presented; "Korean", "Japanese", "South East Asian", "Arab", "West Asian", "other", and "multiple origin" categories were excluded from this analysis. Obesity is based on a body mass index greater than or equal to 30.0 kg/m2. Physical inactivity is based on a leisure and transportation index measure. Inadequate vegetable and fruit consumption is based on a vegetable and fruit consumption of less than five times per day.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada (2011); using 2009-2010 data from the Canadian Community Health Survey (Statistics Canada).

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