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Did You Know?
- Daily physical education in primary school appears to have a significant long-term positive effect on exercise habits in women. They are more active as they age. (Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, Jan. 1999, 31, #1, pp. 105-110)
- Teenage female athletes are less likely to use marijuana, cocaine or "other" illicit drugs (such as LSD, PCP, speed or heroin), less likely to be suicidal, less likely to smoke and more likely to have positive body images than female nonathletes. (The Women's Sports Foundation Report: Health Risks and the Teen Athlete, March 2001)
- 98% of 7- to 12-year-old children have at least one risk factor for heart disease including high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and excess body fat. (Sports Trend, April 2000)
- Research suggests that girls who participate in sports are more likely to experience academic success and graduate from high school than those who do not play sports. (Women's Sports Foundation Report: Minorities in Sports, 1989)
- Women who are active in sports and recreational activities as girls feel greater confidence, self-esteem and pride in their physical and social selves than those who were sedentary as kids. (Miller Lite Report, 1985; Melpomene Institute, 1995)
- The top five reasons why girls play school sports are to have fun, to stay in shape, to get exercise, to improve skills, and do something they are good at. (SGMA, American Youth and Sports Participation Study, 1998)
- More than four out of five executive businesswomen (82%) played sports growing up and the vast majority say lessons learned on the playing field have contributed to their success in business, according the results of a national survey. (Game Face, From the Locker Room to the Boardroom: A Survey on Sports in the Lives of Women Business Executives, Feb. 2002)
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