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Resources | Getting Women Active | Articles of Interest

Articles of Interest on Getting Women Active

Participation and Health & Wellness

Women's interest in outdoor recreation is growing, studies show, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, May 19, 2005
Steps to Healthier Women, womenshealth.gov, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Research Connections: Women and Wilderness Recreation, Indiana University School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, November 2001

Marketing and Merchandising

Websites that Speak to Women, By Andrea Learned, Learned on Women, December 2005
Big Spenders: Marketing to Boomer Women, by Marti Barletta, MarketingProfs.com, November 2005
A New Perspective on Marketing to Women, by Andrea Learned, MarketingProfs.com, August 10, 2004
Female-Friendly By Yvonne DiVita (previously published in DEMC.com, January 2004)

Articles of Interest on Inactivity, Obesity and Getting Americans Active

Fat Cities: How modern life encourages obesity—and what we can do about it, by Helen Cordes, Sierra Magazine, January/February 2005

America's Fittest and Fattest Cities, By Jennifer Warner, WebMD Medical News, January 5, 2005
Americas Obesity Crisis, Time Magazine, June 7, 2004
Obesity on track as No. 1 killer, By Nanci Hellmich, USA TODAY, 3/9/2004