Table 4.
Physical activitya and daily soda/soft drink consumptionb prevalence in the Pacific Region, GSHS and YRBSS, 2010–2013
| Global School-Based Student Health Survey (GSHS) | ||||
| Physical activitya | Soft drink consumptionb | |||
| Males | Females | Males | Females | |
| (95 % CI) | (95 % CI) | (95 % CI) | (95 % CI) | |
| Cook Islands 2011 | 44.3 | 34.5 | 59.7 | 63.6 |
| Fiji 2010 | 37.1 (31.8–42.8) | 30.0 (24.2–36.6) | ||
| Kiribati 2011 | 32.8 (27.7–38.3) | 21.9 (18.8–25.3) | 18.4 (14.0–23.7) | 25.6 (22.7–28.7) |
| Nauru 2011 | 17.5 | 12.5 | ||
| Niue 2010 | 41.4 | 73.9 | ||
| Samoa 2011 | 19.8 (17.1–22.8) | 22.1 (19.2–25.2) | 54.6 (50.1–59.0) | 52.5 (48.6–56.4) |
| Solomon Islands 2011 | 30.0 (25.4–35.0) | 25.1 (18.0–33.8) | 46.4 (39.1–53.7) | 42.5 (35.6–49.6) |
| Tonga 2010 | 25.6 (21.0–30.9) | 25.7 (22.7–29.0) | 56.2 (52.0–60.3) | 57.8 (54.3–61.1) |
| Tuvalu 2013 | 48.5 | 55.0 | ||
| Vanuatu 2011 | 45.7 (32.1–60.0) | 46.7 (30.0–64.1) | 37.2 (27.1–48.5) | 38.5 (30.9–46.8) |
| Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) | ||||
| Physical activitya | Soft drink consumptionb | |||
| Males | Females | Males | Females | |
| (95 % CI) | (95 % CI) | (95 % CI) | (95 % CI) | |
| American Samoa 2011 | 27.5 | 21.7 | 30.3 | 38.7 |
| Guam 2013 | 44.0 (39.7–48.3) | 30.2 (24.7–36.3) | 18.7 (15.3–22.6) | 19.2 (15.5–23.4) |
| Marshall Islands 2007 | ||||
| Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 2007 | ||||
| Palau 2011 | 37.6 | 35.7 | 23.7 | 28.9 |
Confidence intervals were not applicable to results from the Cook Islands, Nauru, Niue, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) and Palau, as surveys were designed to include all members of the target population. Confidence intervals were not reported for Tuvalu results
Results for females in Niue were not reported on account of small sample size (less than 20 students)
Physical activity results were not available for Tuvalu, RMI and CNMI. Soft drink consumption results were not available for Fiji, Nauru, RMI and CNMI
Results for CNMI for 2007 were obtained from: Lippe J, Brener N, Kann L. et al. Youth risk behavior surveillance - Pacific Island United States Territories, 2007 MMWR Surveillance Summaries. 2008;57(12):28–56
CI confidence interval
aIn GSHS and YRBSS, this indicator was the proportion of students who were physically active (defined as engaging in any activity that increases the heart rate and makes one get out of breath some of the time) for at least 60 min per day on at least five of more days during the past seven days. Questionnaires for Fiji and Nauru advised students to exclude time spent in physical education/gym class
bGSHS reported the percentage of students who drank carbonated soft drinks one or more times per day during the past 30 days. YRBSS reported the percentage of students who drank a can, bottle or glass of soda or pop one or more times per day during the 7 days before the survey