N.B. youth make poor health choices compared to the rest of Canada, survey finds – CBC

Teens don’t sleep or exercise enough and have too much screen time, council says

Sep 24, 2025

A greater proportion of young New Brunswickers make poor choices for their mental and physical health than youth in the rest of Canada, according to the latest results of a New Brunswick Health Council survey.

The electronic survey asked students from grades six to 12 in 33 communities about some daily health habits.

Questions included how much sleep they got on school nights, how much time they spent on their phones and how much they exercised.

New Brunswick scored below the national average in all three.

“It’s about a percentage of our youth that may be going through some challenging times,” Stéphane Robichaud, CEO of the council, said. “When we know more about that reality, there are things that can be done.”

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-youth-health-choices-poor-1.7641456