Testimony to the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy
3/26/2001 | 
Presentation | Lee Rainie
Presented to to the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy
Almost 60 million American adults, or 57% of those with Internet access, have used the Web to get health or medical information. More than 6 million adults are getting such information on an average day. We call them "health seekers" and a majority of them go online at least once a month for health information. We have just come out of the field with a survey of teenagers and found that more than a quarter of children between ages 12 and 17 have consulted Web sources for health, fitness, and dieting information. (It's something girls do much more than boys, I should point out.)
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