What Most Worries Women? Getting Fat or…?

[Kare Anderson]

This news is sad, yet not surprising. As women, we are more concerned about our weight (56%) and eating right (36%) than we are worried about getting one of three big killers for women: cancer (23%), heart problems (20%) or diabetes (18%).

That’s what Meredith and NBC Universal discovered in their study, “What do Women Want?”

“Many women are skipping important medical examinations, annual physicals and screenings:
• Less than two-thirds (59%) of all women get an annual physical, even fewer Gen Y women (44%).
• Nearly one-third of Boomer women are not getting their annual mammograms, cholesterol checks or physicals.
• 62% of women regularly give themselves a breast self-examination, while only 14% of all women get a skin cancer screening at least once a year.

Read more at Meredith. Ironically, Women’s Check-Up Day was earlier this month.

Love yourself? Take care of yourself.

Between self-image and staying alive, this may be our biggest Procrastination Error, as women. Perhaps Hilda L. Solis, Arianna Huffington, Anna Deavere Smith and

Ann Curry can spearhead a “Love Yourself” campaign to inspire more women to get vital health check-ups. From Me2We, let’s recruit apt allies, including BlogHer, The Women’s Ad Network, WIMN, Our Bodies Our Blog, AMWA and the Downtown Women’s Club.
(Have you gotten your check-ups?)

[Kare Anderson]

Well-said... an evidence-based approach that I wish doctors would follow too (among others)
Bet there is a good story behind your first name + I look forward to learning more about you and your expertise
Kare

[Gregory Anne Cox]

Kare,
Such an apt post and one of my main messages to the point of annoyance probably--know your numbers. In order to know them you must first go get them done and you are so right about the Procrastination Error. Not getting our tests done--and I'm not a hysterical fear monger about disease, quite the contrary I'm really all about prevention--puts us further at risk. Even living the healthiest of lifestyles, which many here do, does not preclude us from the possibility of the diseases of aging.
Lucky for those who do worry about weight and what they eat, if they take action in those directions, their reward is better health all around.