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Percentage overweight/obese (BMI ≥ 25) or obese (BMI ≥ 30), by highest level of schooling and Aboriginal identity, household population aged 19 to 50, Ontario and western provinces, 2004

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Chart 3 Percentage overweight/obese (BMI ≥ 25) or obese (BMI ≥ 30), by highest level of schooling and Aboriginal identity, household population aged 19 to 50, Ontario and western provinces, 2004

*  significantly different from corresponding estimate for non-Aboriginal (p < 0.05)
†  significantly different from estimate for "secondary graduation or more" in same Aboriginal identity group (p < 0.05)
E  coefficient of variation 16.6% to 33.3% (interpret with caution)
Note:  BMI = body mass index
Data source:  2004 Canadian Community Health Survey: Nutrition.
Chart source:  Statistics Canada, 2008, "Obesity and the eating habits of the Aboriginal population", Health Reports, Vol. 19, No. 1, catalogue number 82-003-XWE.