Why is physical activity so important for teenage girls?
Physical activity is important for everybody, including all teenagers, but especially for girls who are generally less active than boys the same age. The teen years can be busy – socially, at home, and at school, and they can be fun, but they are also demanding and sometimes demoralizing. There are issues such as body image, the onset of menstruation, and general feelings of insecurity about the changing body in these years. For girls it is really important to balance the demands made on them and to look after themselves physically and emotionally. This includes participating in physical activity.
