{"id":19766,"date":"2019-06-11T10:06:01","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T10:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/?p=19766"},"modified":"2019-06-11T10:06:01","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T10:06:01","slug":"global-mens-health-awareness-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/es\/global-mens-health-awareness-week-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Men’s Health Awareness Week"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Global Men\u2019s Health Awareness Week<\/span><\/h1>
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June 10th to the 16th<\/strong> marks the 2019 International Men\u2019s Health Week<\/strong>, an observance meant to bring awareness to all male health issues<\/strong> as well as the preventative measures taken.<\/p>\n

Recognised by World Health Organisation, WHO, International Men\u2019s Health Week was launched in 1994 <\/strong>due to the rising concerns for healthcare and high levels of premature mortality among men in the years prior. This interest exerted the need to have a better understanding of how the role of gender can affect social, environmental, economic and cultural determinants of health and their interactions with health systems<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In addition, the framework of the 2030 Agenda for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)<\/strong> operates in line with the objectives set in the WHO Men\u2019s Health Report based on the European region.<\/p>\n

Each year, Men\u2019s Health Week focuses on a theme or a concern pertaining to current global events. For example, 2018\u2019s theme was based on Diabetes. This year\u2019s campaign examines the theme of \u2018Men\u2019s Health by Numbers<\/strong>\u2019, an apt approach on alerting males on the facts and figures relating to their health. For example, attention will be brought on the seven main health facts<\/strong> that men should know<\/strong> and the five main statistics that policymakers should not disregard<\/strong>. The figures are as follows:<\/p>\n

Seven Main Health Facts-<\/p>\n

\u2666<\/span> 37 is the waist size in inches<\/strong> that men should stay within. Anything above puts them at risk of heart disease, diabetes or cancer
\n\u2666<\/span> 150<\/strong> minutes<\/strong> of moderate physical activity<\/strong> a week<\/strong> is recommended
\n\u2666<\/span> 5 portions of fruit and vegetables a day<\/strong> are preferred as part of one\u2019s diet
\n\u2666<\/span> 14 units of alcohol a week maximum<\/strong> is recommended
\n\u2666<\/span> Cigarette smokers die 10 years earlier<\/strong> than average non-smokers
\n\u2666<\/span> 120\/80<\/strong> is the standard blood pressure
\n\u2666<\/span> 75% of suicides<\/strong> are committed by men<\/p>\n

Five Main Statistics to encourage policymakers to act-<\/p>\n

\u2666<\/span> 1 out of 5 men<\/strong> dies before the age of 65 years old
\n\u2666<\/span> 2 out of 5 men<\/strong> die before the age of 75 years old
\n\u2666<\/span> 3 out of 4 men<\/strong> commit suicide
\n\u2666<\/span> Men in unskilled work are 3 times more likely to commit suicide<\/strong> than those in a senior position
\n\u2666<\/span>\u00a0The richest men live 10 years longer<\/strong> than the least well-off men<\/p>\n

Participants are more than welcome to show their support and to partake in the events during the week\u2019s celebration.<\/p>\n

References: <\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. The Health and Well-Being of Men in WHO European Region Report, WHO<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
  2. International Men\u2019s Health, 2019, MensHealthForum UK<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Welcome to the Men’s Health Forum in Ireland, Mhfi<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Men\u2019s Health Week, 2019, Gamh<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":19742,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","myguten_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}