Hey Everyone! For those of you who are signed up for today's (June 9) Webinar with The Girl Scout Research Institute on the state of girls' body image, health and media - we look forward to having you! Unfortunately, if you haven't yet signed up, it is at capacity. Fear not though - We have put together an encore version of today's webinar on Wednesday, June 30th at 2 PM EST. Please sign up for the webinar by clicking here. Webinar slides will also be available on the National Collaboration for Youth website after the webinar.The discussion of these issues will be based in research, program and policy efforts led by Girl Scouts of the USA. Highlighted work will include a recent survey by the Girl Scout Research Institute about girls' body image and the fashion industry as well as national findings on girls health. In addition we will discuss an exciting new piece of legislation initiated by Girl Scouts - the Healthy Media for Youth Act as well as new programming on girls and self-esteem.
One major point of discussion will be childhood obesity. The childhood obesity epidemic has caused girls to be caught in a double bind - on one end they hear that children are overweight today and that is unhealthy and unattractive - on the other end of the spectrum they see images of girls and women who are super-thin and over - sexualized. Definitely register here.