You're listening to Well Now,

you're listening to Well Now,

Slates podcast on Health and Wellness.

I'm Kavita Patel.

And I'm Maya Feller.

You know, Kavita, it's staggering to think that girls and women make up more than half the US,

yet our health care isn't tailored to our unique needs as women.

Yes, it's not just an enormous community, but everything from menstruation to menopause.

The health statistics amongst this community are troubling.

Let's take obesity, which we've spoken about on this pod, over one and three women in the United States over the age of 20 are obese.

And then let's talk high blood pressure.

45.7% of women aged 18 and older, so adult women have hypertension.

And then Maya, do not get me started on reproductive health barriers,

where more women reported experiencing barriers to accessing reproductive health

services in 2021 compared to four years earlier and 18.6% of women in the

U.S. experienced three or more reproductive health barriers in 2021 alone.

At this point Maya inquiring minds want to know what now?

Kavita I mean this is just these statistics.

It's shocking.

Like I almost have nothing to say, but then at the same time I'm enraged and have so much to say.

You know, I was saddened, but not surprised to learn that the

majority of research that informs health care that includes you know the

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