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Our health
Lifestyle Risk Factors
Many physical and mental health risks are impacted excessive alcohol consumption can impact the physical
by the lifestyle of the individual. Making healthy food and mental health of members of our community.
choices, physical activity, avoiding smoking and limiting
Fruit and vegetable consumption
There is a wide body of literature that examines the canned or processed foods, which in turn gives some
connection between individuals’ health and poverty.xxix indication on consumer spending patterns and the
One of the key determinants of poverty is limited access willingness to spend money on high quality, healthy food.
to, or an inability to afford, fresh fruits and vegetables.
People with lower income who have less access to fruit Over the last six years, the percent population 12+
and vegetables consumption tend to live less healthy years old reporting they consume fruits and vegetables,
lifestyles, which in turn often increase society’s costs of 5 or more times a day has lagged behind the Ontario
their care. This correlation means that fruit and vegetable average every year. In 2009 of 40.7 percent of the
consumption is not only an indicator of a healthy lifestyle population reported consuming fruits and vegetables
but also of the overall health of our residents. It is also five or more times per day, declining to 36.4 percent of
a proxy for overall economic well-being in a community the population consuming fruits and vegetables five or
as fruit and vegetables tend to be more expensive than more times in 2012 and 2013.
Chart 18: P ercent population ages 12+ reporting eating fruit and vegetables 5+ times per day, Windsor-Essex Health Unit
2008-2012, Windsor-Essex County Health Unit and Ontario by Health Unit Ontario Health Units
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
2008
Source: S tatistics Canada. Table105-0501 - Health indicator profile, annual estimates, by age group and sex, Canada, provinces, territories,
health regions (2012 boundaries) and peer groups, occasional, CANSIM (database). (Accessed on 2015-01-23)
There are some discouraging results when those over a high of 50.3 percent reported consuming fruits and
the age of 65+ are examined. Although the percent vegetables 5 or more times a day. Fast-forwarding to
population of 65+ in Essex County has been in line 2013, consumption has declined to 38.2 percent and
with Ontario average over the last six years the trend in 40.7 percent in Windsor-Essex and Ontario respectively.
fruit consumption has been declining annually. In 2008,
The 2015 Community Well-Being Report
Lifestyle Risk Factors
Many physical and mental health risks are impacted excessive alcohol consumption can impact the physical
by the lifestyle of the individual. Making healthy food and mental health of members of our community.
choices, physical activity, avoiding smoking and limiting
Fruit and vegetable consumption
There is a wide body of literature that examines the canned or processed foods, which in turn gives some
connection between individuals’ health and poverty.xxix indication on consumer spending patterns and the
One of the key determinants of poverty is limited access willingness to spend money on high quality, healthy food.
to, or an inability to afford, fresh fruits and vegetables.
People with lower income who have less access to fruit Over the last six years, the percent population 12+
and vegetables consumption tend to live less healthy years old reporting they consume fruits and vegetables,
lifestyles, which in turn often increase society’s costs of 5 or more times a day has lagged behind the Ontario
their care. This correlation means that fruit and vegetable average every year. In 2009 of 40.7 percent of the
consumption is not only an indicator of a healthy lifestyle population reported consuming fruits and vegetables
but also of the overall health of our residents. It is also five or more times per day, declining to 36.4 percent of
a proxy for overall economic well-being in a community the population consuming fruits and vegetables five or
as fruit and vegetables tend to be more expensive than more times in 2012 and 2013.
Chart 18: P ercent population ages 12+ reporting eating fruit and vegetables 5+ times per day, Windsor-Essex Health Unit
2008-2012, Windsor-Essex County Health Unit and Ontario by Health Unit Ontario Health Units
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
2008
Source: S tatistics Canada. Table105-0501 - Health indicator profile, annual estimates, by age group and sex, Canada, provinces, territories,
health regions (2012 boundaries) and peer groups, occasional, CANSIM (database). (Accessed on 2015-01-23)
There are some discouraging results when those over a high of 50.3 percent reported consuming fruits and
the age of 65+ are examined. Although the percent vegetables 5 or more times a day. Fast-forwarding to
population of 65+ in Essex County has been in line 2013, consumption has declined to 38.2 percent and
with Ontario average over the last six years the trend in 40.7 percent in Windsor-Essex and Ontario respectively.
fruit consumption has been declining annually. In 2008,
The 2015 Community Well-Being Report
