Did you know that, on average, men are less healthy and have a shorter life expectancy than women? Part of the reason for this health gap is that we don’t take care of ourselves as well as women do. Men are more likely to engage in unhealthy behavior, and less likely than women to adopt preventive health measures. We’re also less likely to have health insurance, more likely to work in dangerous occupations, and often put off going to the doctor even when we really should go. As a result, men die younger—and in greater numbers—of heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, and many other diseases. In 1920, women outlived men by an average of one year. Today, that difference is more than five years.
“ There is a silent health crisis in America…it’s a fact that, on average, American men live sicker
and die younger than American women.” Dr. David Gremillion, Men’s Health Network
Sobering information and exactly the reason that Men’s Health Month and the Men’s Health Network exist. Both offer .jpg)
extensive online information, resources and support as men and their loved ones and friends educate themselves about the health issues faced everyday. Locally, the Capital Area District Library has many books addressing men’s health topics. Try searching the catalog with keywords men’s health, or men – health & hygiene to find resources. We also subscribe to various magazines which can be checked out including – Men’s Health, Maximum Fitness, Prevention, Mayo Clinic Health Letter, and Consumer Reports on Health. These and others can be found in the library catalog by searching under “find magazines“.
