June 10-16

Goal of Men’s Health Week:

The purpose of Men’s Health Week is to heighten the awareness of preventable health problems and encourage early detection and treatment of disease among men and boys.

Eat Healthy!

This week gives health care providers, public policy makers, the media, and individuals an opportunity to encourage men and boys to seek regular medical advice and early treatment for disease and injury. 

 

What Men Can Do:

• Lead by example. Eat healthy, be physically active, have regular checkups, get vaccinated, be smoke-free, prevent injuries, sleep well, and manage stress. 
• Get checkups, and be seen for health problems before they become serious.

Why?

• Men have a lower life expectancy at birth than females. (M = 77.7 years, F = 80.3 years)
• More newborn males die than females, 5-4



Be Active!










• Teenage boys die at twice the rate of girls

 

(Births: Final Data 2007. National

Vital Statistics. Vol 54. No.24)

Get your Checkups!

Manage Stress!

Be Smoke-free!

 

 

 

 

 

References
http://www.menshealthmonth.org/week/index.html

http://www.cdc.gov/features/HealthyMen/index.html