Facts about your feet

• Women have four times as many foot problems as men – wearing high heels is a big factor¹
• Nine out of ten women wear shoes that are too small ¹
• 55% of women have bunions¹
• After the age of 60, around 70% of women will have problems with osteoarthritis problems in their feet¹
• Feet have 250,000 sweat glands, which is more than any other area of the body, producing half a pint of perspiration a day.¹
• Feet can swell by up to one full shoe size when hot or during pregnancy!
• One in three people over 65 – over two million older people in England – cannot cut their own nails.²

1 feetforlife.org
2 Age Concern