Mental Health
Name 3 possible risk factors for men struggling with mental health.
Social isolation, Substance Use/Abuse, Unemployment, Military related Trauma, Genetics, Other Traumatic Events, Previous Diagnosis of Mood Disorders.
Name 3 medical conditions and lifestyle choices that can put men at a higher risk for heart disease.
True or False:
Growing a 'stache in India can make you earn a bit more.
Police in India’s Madhya Pradesh state are sometimes paid bonuses to grow their mustaches, because they’re believed to command more respect.
True or False.
Men of any age can get prostate cancer.
Prostate cancer can be found in men younger than 40, but it’s very rare in this age group. The risk of prostate cancer rises rapidly after age 50.
Every day, ____ Canadians are diagnosed with diabetes.
Hint: between 600 and 650
640 Canadians are diagnosed with diabetes, or 1 person every 3 minutes.
Men are how many times more likely to complete suicide than women?
4x
Fill in the gap:
Cardiovascular diseases kill ______ million lives each year.
Hint: between 10 and 20 million.
18 million lives each year
The average man will touch his 'stache up to ______ times per day, averaging 31.25 times per hour.
Hint: between 500 and 1000.
750 times a day!
True or False.
All men should be tested for prostate cancer.
False.
Prostate cancer screening in men who have no symptoms is not perfect, and in some men it may do more harm than good.
True or False:
Insulin is the cure for Diabetes.
False.
While there have been advances in management to better support people living with all types of diabetes, there is still no cure for the more than 11.7 million people in Canada who are living with diabetes or pre-diabetes.
Fill in the gaps:
Of the estimated 4,000 suicide deaths in Canada each year, almost ____ % are men.
75%
Name 3 initiatives to have a healthy heart.
Eat healthy. Get active. Stay at a healthy weight. Quit smoking and stay away from secondhand smoke. Control your cholesterol and blood pressure. Drink alcohol only in moderation. Stress-coping strategies.
In a deck of cards, what's the only figure that doesn't have a moustache?
The King
True or False
A man is more likely to develop skin cancer than other kind of cancer.
False.
A man is more likely to develop prostate cancer than he is to develop colon, kidney, melanoma, and stomach cancers combined.
What are healthy fats?
Olives, sunflower, safflower, cottonseed and canola oils, nuts and seeds, such as almonds, peanuts, flaxseed and pumpkin seeds, fatty fish, such as salmon, mackerel, sardines, tuna and cod.