One man in five dies before the age of 65.
TOGETHER we can change that.

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Our Manifesto

In the UK, one man in five dies before he reaches 65. Together, we can change that.

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Men's Health Week

The annual Men’s Health Week is the week that ends in Fathers' Day. Get involved.

Mini Manual Sources: Alcohol and You

Sources used in the Alcohol and You publication

The MHF is committed to fully participating in NHS England’s Information Standard Scheme for health and social care information. We intend to comply with all aspects and requirements of the Scheme Standard.

A list of sources for the Alcohol and You owners workshop manual first published for BAE follows:

Booze news (pages 2-3):
• NHS Choices, Live well. “The risks of drinking too much”, 2012.
http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/alcohol/Pages/Effectsofalcohol.aspx

True or false (box page 3):
• Royal College of Nursing, DIY Information Sheet “Total Body Water Percentage”.
http://www.rcn.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/519630/DIY_Information_Sheet_
Total_Body_Water_Percentage.pdf

Fat chance: alcohol and weight (pages 4-5):
• NHS Choices, Live well. “Calories in alcohol”, 2012.
http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/alcohol/Pages/calories-in-alcohol.aspx

Calories statistics (pages 4 and 5):
• Alcohol Concern. Factsheet “Alcohol and calories”, 2010.
http://www.alcoholconcern.org.uk/assets/files/Wales%20factsheets/
Alcohol%20and%20calories%20-%20final.pdf

Comparing drinks (box page 5):
• NHS Choices, Live well. “Alcohol units”, 2012.
http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/alcohol/Pages/alcohol-units.aspx

How alcohol affects you (pages 6-7):
• NHS Choices, Live well. “Calories in alcohol”, 2012.
http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/alcohol/Pages/calories-in-alcohol.aspx

• NHS Choices, Live well. “The risks of drinking too much”, 2012.
http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/alcohol/Pages/Effectsofalcohol.aspx

Boozy brains: hangovers (pages 8-10):
• NHS Choices, Live well. “Hangover cures”, 2012.
http://www.nhs.uk/livewell/alcohol/pages/hangovers.aspx

Work, stress and alcohol (pages 11-12):
• NHS Choices, Conditions. “Struggling with stress?”, 2012.
http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/Pages/understanding-stress.aspx

Exercise (pages 12-13):
• NHS Choices, Conditions. “Get active for mental wellbeing”, 2011.
http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/Pages/mental-benefits-of-exercise.aspx

Relax (page 13):
• NHS Choices, Conditions. “Relaxation tips to relieve stress”, 2011.
http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/Pages/ways-relieve-stress.aspx

Top tipple tips (pages 14-16):
• NHS Choices, Live well. “Tips on cutting down”, 2012.
http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/alcohol/Pages/Tipsoncuttingdown.aspx

 

The Men’s Health Forum need your support

It’s tough for men to ask for help but if you don’t ask when you need it, things generally only get worse. So we’re asking.

In the UK, one man in five dies before the age of 65. If we had health policies and services that better reflected the needs of the whole population, it might not be like that. But it is. Policies and services and indeed men have been like this for a long time and they don’t change overnight just because we want them to.

It’s true that the UK’s men don’t have it bad compared to some other groups. We’re not asking you to ‘feel sorry’ for men or put them first. We’re talking here about something more complicated, something that falls outside the traditional charity fund-raising model of ‘doing something for those less fortunate than ourselves’. That model raises money but it seldom changes much. We’re talking about changing the way we look at the world. There is nothing inevitable about premature male death. Services accessible to all, a population better informed. These would benefit everyone - rich and poor, young and old, male and female - and that’s what we’re campaigning for.

We’re not asking you to look at images of pity, we’re just asking you to look around at the society you live in, at the men you know and at the families with sons, fathers and grandads missing.

Here’s our fund-raising page - please chip in if you can.

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  • 82 Tanner Street
  • London, SE1 3GN

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