Health indicator | Definition | Question/s |
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Five or more drinks of alcohol in a day | The indicator includes those who drink five or more standard drinks on a day when they drink alcohol. | How often do you usually drink alcohol? |
On a day when you drink alcohol, how many standard drinks do you usually have? | ||
A standard drink is equal to 1 middy of full-strength beer, 1 schooner of light beer, 1 small glass of wine, or 1 pub-sized nip of spirits. | ||
More than two alcoholic drinks in a day | The indicator includes those who drink more than two standard drinks on a day when they drink alcohol. | How often do you usually drink alcohol? |
On a day when you drink alcohol, how many standard drinks do you usually have? | ||
A standard drink is equal to 1 middy of full-strength beer, 1 schooner of light beer, 1 small glass of wine, or 1 pub-sized nip of spirits. | ||
Recommended fruit intake | The indicator includes those who consumed two or more serves of fruit a day. The recommended fruit intake is at least 2 serves a day for persons aged 19Â years and over, depending on their overall diet. For simplification, this recommendation is applied to 16-18 year olds. One serve is equivalent to 1 medium piece or 2 small pieces of fruit. | How many serves of fruit do you usually eat each day? |
Recommended vegetable intake | The indicator includes those who consumed 5 or more serves of vegetables a day. The recommended vegetable intake is at least 5 serves a day for persons aged 16Â years and over, depending on their overall diet. One serve is equivalent to 1/2 cup of cooked vegetables or 1 cup of salad vegetables. | How many serves of vegetables do you usually eat each day? |
Current smoking | The indicator includes those who smoked daily or occasionally. | Which of the following best describes your smoking status: smoke daily, smoke occasionally, do not smoke now but I used to, I have tried it a few times but never smoked regularly, or I have never smoked? |
Adequate physical activity | The indicator includes those who did adequate physical activity. Adequate physical activity is a total of 150Â minutes a week on 5 separate occasions. The total minutes were calculated by adding minutes in the last week spent walking continuously for at least 10Â minutes, minutes doing moderate physical activity, plus 2 x minutes doing vigorous physical activity. | In the last week, how many times have you walked continuously for at least 10Â minutes for recreation or exercise or to get to or from places? |
What do you estimate was the total time you spent walking in this way in the last week? | ||
In the last week, how many times did you do any vigorous physical activity that made you breathe harder or puff and pant? | ||
What do you estimate was the total time you spent doing this vigorous physical activity in the last week? | ||
In the last week, how many times did you do any other more moderate physical activity that you have not already mentioned? | ||
Positive self-reported health status | The indicator includes those responding excellent, very good, or good to a global self-rated health status question. | Overall, how would you rate your health during the last 4Â weeks: Was it excellent, very good, good, fair, poor, or very poor? |
Current asthma | The indicator includes those who had symptoms of asthma or treatment for asthma in the last 12Â months. | Have you ever been told by a doctor or hospital you have asthma? |
Have you had symptoms of asthma or treatment for asthma in the last 12Â months? | ||
Ever diagnosed with diabetes | The indicator includes those who either had diabetes or high blood glucose but did not have gestational diabetes. | Have you ever been told by a doctor or hospital you have diabetes? |
Have you ever been told by a doctor or hospital you have high blood glucose? | ||
If female, Were you pregnant when you were first told you had diabetes or high blood glucose? | ||
Have you ever had diabetes or high blood glucose apart from when you were pregnant? | ||
Overweight or obese | The indicator includes those who are overweight or obese: that is with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 25.0 or higher. BMI is calculated as follows: BMI = weight (kg)/height (m)2. Categories for this indicator include overweight (BMI from 25.0 to 29.9) and obese (BMI of 30.0 and over). | How tall are you without shoes? |
How much do you weigh without clothes or shoes? |