I saw some sobering figures recently that show heart disease kills more than one in five men, and half of all 40-year-old men will develop heart disease sometime during the rest of their life. This is obviously an important issue that shouldn’t be ignored.
That’s why the Agency is supporting Men’s Health Week, which begins today (14 June) and is organised by the Men’s Health Forum. The aim of Men’s Health Week is to communicate healthy lifestyle messages to men, both in terms of healthy eating and physical activity. And it’s a great opportunity for us to deliver our healthy eating messages in a partnership that appeals to men.
We previously worked with the Men’s Health Forum to promote our advice in the popular ‘Living Healthily Haynes Mini Manual’. Looking through this healthy eating guide, it’s clear that just small changes in daily habits could have a big impact on improving men’s health, so it’s good to have the opportunity to remind men of its existence. We’ve also got healthy and safer eating advice for men on our eatwell website.