Seven Sharp features MHW

Seven Sharp closes MHW with some simple but rock solid expert advice Here’s a great summary of why we need Men’s Health Week each year, from a guy who really does know. https://menshealthweek.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/GPNZ-for-MHW.mp4 Dr Luke Bradford, Medical Director of the Royal College of General Practitioners, told Jeremy and Sacha that men don’t need to be […]

Man WOF in Te reo Māori, Samoan and Mandarin (简体中文)

AA Man WoF  now in Te reo Māori, Samoan and Mandarin (简体中文) and English Our mates at the AA adapted Men’s Health Week’s useful What’s Your Score? health checklist in 2022 into the Man Wof. It featured our MHW Ambassador Scotty Morrison and was popular among the AA’s huge nationwide membership. This year they have […]

Healthy habits for a longer life

Healthy habits – Why more men need to take charge of their wellbeing As Men’s Health Week shines a spotlight on how men’s wellbeing, the Southern Cross Healthy Futures Report offers a snapshot of where men are taking action with their health – and the areas we still need to work on. Each two years […]

Men’s Sheds – laughter, sharing, talking

Hammer and chatter among great things coming from this  retirement community workshop   They say a man’s pride can be measured by his shed—its size, what he stores in it and what he can fix in it. Traditionally the backyard shed has been a ‘man’s space’, an informal, often haphazard, space where men can ‘escape’ […]

Sir JK’s ‘AAA battery’ for anxiety

Sir John Kirwan’s ‘AAA battery’ for anxiety Men’s Health Week asked Sir JK to share some of his advice around guys’ health, and here is his AAA tip to handle anxiety All Blacks legend Sir John Kirwan is all about finding simple, easy ways to look after himself. When it comes to wellbeing, the long-time […]

Processed foods – convenient but how healthy?

Natural and Processed foods – what’s the difference and why should we know? “Where possible we should be trying to eat whole foods that are close to how they’re found in nature and dial back on highly processed foods.” Good solid advice for us all from the Heart Foundation’s chief adviser on Food and Nutrition, […]

Arnie was asked about men’s mental health

Arnie is a legend. Mr Olympia, mad good actor, married a Kennedy, Governor of America’s largest state and a guy people want to listen to. So when Arnold Schwarzenegger was asked on his podcast what’s going on with men’s mental health, he typically didn’t hold back. Basically it’s hasta la vista for social he reckons. […]

10,000 steps: good but certainly not essential

It’s time to call BS on the idea that 10,000 steps is the gold standard of what we should be walking each day for optimal health. It’s not. Buy any step-tracker and you’ll find the default goal you need to aim for is 10,000 steps. It’s the magical number we never knew about from which […]

Don’t let the bills stack up

Don’t let the health bills stack up When he was younger, Oscar Kightley let traffic tickets pile up without paying them. “I’d just ignore the envelopes until they built up. I had this magical thinking where, if I don’t open them, it won’t be real,” the playwright, actor, director and comedian says. “But of course, […]

5 good steps we need to take

Five things men should be doing from MHW Some great advice on five positive steps Kiwi men can take today to help themselves from NZ Herald science writer Jamie Morton.  Get our blood pressure down, keep our heart as healthy as we can, get a prostate check, keep our mates close and don’t set our […]