Did you know…

• Nearly 90% of girls say the media places a lot of pressure on teenage girls to be thin
• Only 46% of girls think that the fashion industry does a good job of representing people of all races and ethnicities
• 55% of teenage girls admit they diet to lose weight and 37% know a girl with an eating disorder
  (Girls & Body Image, 2010)

Girl Scouts worked closely with Congresswomen Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) to introduce the Healthy Media for Youth Act (H.R. 4925). This bill supports

media literacy programs and youth empowerment groups, facilitates research on how images of women and girls impact youth, and establishes a National Taskforce on Women and Girls in the Media to develop voluntary standards that promote healthy, balanced, and positive images of girls and women

Contact your U.S. Representative today and ask him or her to be a Voice for Girls and support H.R. 4925!