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provide a new version of the same framework (adapted in Figure 2 for this report) which provides a clearer representation of the links between and among the four tiers of indicators and the importance of considering gender within and across health statistics (4). [...] The measure provides for more meaningful comparisons of socioeconomic status of women living in provinces and regions that range widely for costs and standards of living, and reflects the distinct and important dimension of relative material deprivation. [...] A PROFILE OF WOMEN AND HEALTHY LIVING Body Weights Meredith Evans and Barbara Clow In recent years, governments, health practitionresrse,a rchers and the media in Canada, as elsewhere in the world, have sounded an alarm about rising rates of overweight and obesity (1,2). [...] Ross likewise concludes that population studies on the associations between elevated BMI and chronic diseases focus on measuring the prevalence of obesity and comparing it with the prevalence of specific diseases, and therefore “provide little or no information about the impact of fatness and changing levels of fat on the health of individuals” (16) (p. [...] The persistent attention to body weights in healthy living policies and programs also runs the risk of overshadowing the health implications of underweight and dieting, which may have a greater impact on women and girls than on men and boys.