Consider these facts:

• Fewer than 60% of women engage in physical activity at least three times a week.
  
• One out of five Americans order take-out food every day.
  
• In a 1996 survey, 56% of women and 43% of men disliked their overall appearance.
  
• Ninety percent of people with eating disorders are adolescents and young women.
  
• Fashion models weigh 23% less than the average female, yet many men and women still consider the underweight body type to be normal and healthy.

Above material taken from the Office on Women's Health in the Department of Health and Human Services.

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Additional Outside Sources

Below is additional information and resources. Some are links to other Internet pages, which might have information on health topics of interest to you. PAMF, however, does not sponsor or endorse any of these sites, nor does PAMF guarantee the accuracy of the information contained on them.

These sites are developed and maintained by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Women's Health Information Center. These programs are designed to provide information for girls and women who would like to learn how to improve their health, start a physical activity program, eat better, learn about eating disorders, and learn about total mind/body wellness.

• Girlpower! BodyWise programs. Accessed June 2004.
  
• BodyWise Handbook. Accessed June 2004.
  
  
• National Women's Health Information Center. Accessed June 2004.