One man in five dies before the age of 65.
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Man Manual Sources: Man (2019)

References and images used in the Man Manual publication, 2019
Sources

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 Man manual (2019) follows:

What's the point (page 4):

How to be good to your head (page 8): 

​You are what you eat (and drink) (page 11):

How to get active (page 18): 

The Tool-kit (page 21):

​Small changes - big differences (page 27):

​These references were correct at February 2019.

Photo Credits

A list of photographic credits for the Man manual (2019) follows:

Cover (some of the following do not appear on all covers of all versions of the manual; not all appear on the 2019 edition):  London Marathon 25.04.2010 (276) by Julian Mason (Creative Commons Licence: CC BY 2.0), China Xinjienzhen - portrait of Hani man by Anja Disseldorp (CC BY 2.0), The blind accordion musician by Pedro Ribeiro Simões (CC BY 2.0), Bald, Headphone by Sascha Kohlmann (CC BY-SA 2.0), Naked human male body front anterior by Mikael Häggström (public domain), Intent track athletes by tableatny (CC BY 2.0), Blinded By The Light by Isengardt (CC BY 2.0), Fuzzy and Warm by David Goehring (CC BY 2.0), Curry dishes by Karsten Seiferlin (CC BY-SA 2.0), Ari Merretazon by Knight Foundation (CC BY-SA 2.0), Asleep On The Beach by edenpictures (Eden, Janine and Jim) (CC BY 2.0), Smoking by Craig Cloutier (CC BY-SA 2.0), Toshiba laptop by Garry Knight (CC BY 2.0), DSC08848 by Travis Rigel Lukas Hornung (CC BY 2.0), Disappointed Man Covering Face With Hand © istock.com/drbimages, Boys Will Be Boys by Gideon (CC BY 2.0), Martin by Ewen Roberts (CC BY 2.0), Da Vinci - Luc Viatour / www.Lucnix.be, Bukhara, Lyabi-Hauz Square, old man with medals and large moustache by Arian Zwegers (CC BY 2.0) and Sikh smile by Paul Hamilton (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Page 3:  Naked human male body front anterior by Mikael Häggström (public domain)

Page 4: Dave McCairley

Page 6: CRW_0033_RJ by Michael Warren (CC BY 2.0)

Page 8: Car Photos by Jim Larrison (CC BY 2.0)

Page 10: Bruce Willis by Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Page 11: Curry dishes by Karsten Seiferlin (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Page 16: Beer Gut by bareknuckleyellow (CC BY 2.0)

Page 18: London Marathon 25.04.2010 (276) by Julian Mason (CC BY 2.0)

Page 20: Tape Measure by Pink Sherbet Photography (CC BY 2.0) 

Page 21: Tackle Box by Michael Coté (CC BY 2.0) 

Page 27: First Man On The Beach by Tony Alter (CC BY 2.0)

Page 32: Relaxing in the park by chinesechef (CC BY 2.0)

The credits were correct as at February 2015.

 

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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